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| Author | H. Rider Haggard |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Series | Allan Quatermain Series |
| Genre | Lost World |
| Publisher | Cassell and Company |
Publication date | 1885 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Pages | 320 |
| Preceded by | The Witch's Head |
| Followed by | She: A History of Adventure |
| Text | King 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.
- ^ "Review: King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard". The Athenaeum (3027): 568. 31 October 1885.