King Solomon's Mines

King Solomon's Mines
First edition
AuthorH. Rider Haggard
LanguageEnglish
SeriesAllan Quatermain Series
GenreLost World
PublisherCassell and Company
Publication date
1885
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Pages320
Preceded byThe Witch's Head 
Followed byShe: A History of Adventure 
TextKing Solomon's Mines at Wikisource

King Solomon's Mines is an 1885 popular novel[1] by the English Victorian adventure writer and fabulist Sir H. Rider Haggard. It tells of an expedition through an unexplored region of Africa by a group of adventurers led by Allan Quatermain, searching for the missing brother of one of the party. It is one of the first English adventure novels set in Africa and is considered to be the genesis of the lost world literary genre. It is the first of fourteen novels and four short stories by Haggard about Allan Quatermain. Haggard dedicated this book to his childhood idol Sir Humphry Davy.

  1. ^ "Review: King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard". The Athenaeum (3027): 568. 31 October 1885.

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