King Solomon's Mines

Zusatztext Enchantment is just what Rider Haggard exercised... his books live today with undiminished vitality Informationen zum Autor Sir Henry Rider Haggard was born in Bradenham, Norfolk, in 1856. The sixth son of a lawyer, he became junior secretary to the Governor of Natal in 1875. He spent six years in Africa and was fascinated by its landscape, wildlife and mysterious past. Soon after returning to England he wrote his first novel, KING SOLOMON'S MINES, which became an instant bestseller. Haggard continued to be a hugely successful writer and avid traveller. He died in 1925. Klappentext When a young explorer goes missing, a search party sets out after him but soon find themselves on the most dangerous journey of their lives, in Haggard's classic adventure tale. In Haggard's most celebrated and enchanting novel, the reader is taken on a perilous journey into a region of uncharted Africa, led by fortune hunter Allan Quatermain, in search of a young explorer who went missing while on a quest for the fabled King Solomon's diamond mines. Aided only by an ancient map drawn in blood and finding themselves caught up in the middle of a tribal war, the men hold little hope of returning home alive... Zusammenfassung The first fictional adventure novel set in Africa, KING SOLOMON'S MINES captured the imagination of the British public and is considered the genesis of the Lost World literary genre

Product details

• Authors: H. Rider Haggard, Haggard H. Rider, H Rider Haggard, H. Rider Haggard
• Publisher: Review Headline
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 12.07.2007
• EAN: 9780755338870
• ISBN: 978-0-7553-3887-0
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Headline Review Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy; Adventure, FICTION / Thrillers / Supernatural, Historical adventure, Africa, FICTION / Fantasy / Action & Adventure, FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense, FICTION / Thrillers / Historical, Thriller / suspense fiction, Thriller / suspense, Historical adventure fiction, Adventure fiction