King Solomon's Mines (Dover Thrift Editions)
By H. Rider Haggard.
Description
"A peculiarly thrilling and vigorous tale of adventure." — Andrew Lang "It goes and it grips and it moves with all the freshness of youth." — Rudyard KiplingWhen Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island was first published, H. Rider Haggard made a five-shilling bet that he could write a better adventure tale. In 1885, he created King Solomon's Mines, a story in which Allan Quatermain, a gentleman adventurer, is hired to locate a man who had disappeared into the heart of Africa while hunting for the legendary lost diamond mines of King Solomon. The b...
ISBN(s)
0486447820, 9780486447827
