King Solomon's mines
(2010, original release: 1885)
Fiction
Book
Call Numbers:
Y/FICTION/HAGGARD,H
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Palatine, Ill. : Great Light Publications, [2010]
©2010
©2010
EDITION
125th anniversary edition
DESCRIPTION
x, 237 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780982284834 (pbk.), 0982284837 (pbk.), 9780982284834
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Originally published by: Cassell & Company, London (1885)"--T.p. verso
"[T]he first adventure tale by Haggard featuring Allan Quatermain, ... set in the remote African interior during the last portion of the nineteenth century. As a seasoned hunter and trader, Mr. Quatermain ends up being hired on as a guide by a wealthy Englishman who is in search of a long lost brother. Before his journey is over, however, our hero ends up playing the role of both treasure hunter ... and soldier-of-fortune. In these roles, both he and his companions face more than their share of hardships as they end up getting themselves in the middle of a tribal war and loads of dangerous situations"--P. [4] of cover