In Search of King Solomon's Mines

Author: Tahir Shah
Publisher: Arcade Publishing
ISBN: 9781559706414
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288

Book Description
King Solomon, the Bible's wisest king, was possessed of extraordinary wealth. The grand temple he built in Jerusalem was covered in gold. Over the ages, many have sought to find the source of the great king's wealth -- but none with so much flair, wit, or whimsy as Tahir Shah. Intrigued by a map he finds in a shop not far from the site of the temple, Shah assembles a multitude of clues to the location of Solomon's mines. From ancient texts to modern hearsay, all point across the Red Sea to Ethiopia. Shah's trail takes him on a wild ride by taxi, bus, camel, and donkey to the gold-bearing corners of this storied and beautiful country. He interviews the hyena man of Harar, is hauled up on a rope to enter a remote cliff-face monastery, and stumbles upon an illegal gold mine where thousands of men, women, and children dig with their hands. But the hardest leg of the journey is to the accursed mountain of Tullu Wallel, where legend says the devil keeps watch over the entrance to an ancient mine shaft... Book jacket.

King Solomon's Mines

Author: Henry Rider Haggard
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Adventure and adventurers
Languages : en
Pages : 420

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King Solomon's Mines

Author: Henry Rider Haggard
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198722958
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 273

Book Description
Allan Quatermain leads an expedition in search of a missing man and the fabled King Solomon's mines in deepest Africa. His exciting adventures captivated readers, and this new edition looks at Haggard's own African experiences and colonial attitudes to native tribes and the ravages of the British Empire.

King Solomon's Mines

Author: H. Rider Haggard
Publisher: Modern Library
ISBN: 0307431347
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 301

Book Description
Touted by its 1885 publisher as “the most amazing story ever written,” King Solomon’s Mines was one of the bestselling novels of the nineteenth century. H. Rider Haggard’s thrilling saga of elephant hunter Allan Quatermain and his search for fabled treasure is more than just an adventure story, though: As Alexandra Fuller explains in her Introduction, in its vivid portrayal of the alliances and battles of white colonials and African tribesmen, King Solomon’s Mines “brings us the world of extremes, of the absurdly tall tales and of the illogical loyalty between disparate people that still informs this part of the world.”

King Solomon's Mines

Author: Henry Rider Haggard
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781977076007
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 244

Book Description
* Book : King Solomon's Mines* Biography* BibliographyKing Solomon's Mines (1885) is a popular novel by the Victorian adventure writer and fabulist, Sir H. Rider Haggard. It tells of a quest into an unexplored region of Africa by a group of adventurers led by Allan Quatermain in search of the missing brother of one of the party. It is significant as the first English fictional adventure novel set in Africa, and is considered the genesis of the Lost World literary genre.

King Solomon's Mines

Author: H. Rider Haggard
Publisher: Broadview Press
ISBN: 9781551114392
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 316

Book Description
When first published, King Solomon’s Mines (1885) was an enormous popular success. The narrative follows the explorations of Allan Quatermain, a fortune hunter who travels to Africa in search of ancient treasures and a lost fellow explorer. Written as an adventure story, the novel is also a late-Victorian imperial romance that illuminates the politics of British imperialist capitalism in 1870s and 1880s South Africa. This edition includes contemporary reviews, other writings by Haggard on Africa and romance, and documents focusing on imperialism and diamond mining in late nineteenth-century South Africa.

KING SOLOMONS MINES

Author: H. Rider (Henry Rider) 1856-19 Haggard
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781363746569
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 278

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King Solomon's Mines

Author: H. Rider Haggard
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781545052105
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 194

Book Description
'It is far. But there is no journey upon this earth that a man may not make if he sets his heart to it.'Adventurer Allan Quatermain leads an expedition into the heart of Africa in search both of lost explorers and of the legendary treasure of the mythical King Solomon.Death and danger are constant companions for Quatermain's party in H Rider Haggard's classic adventure novel.

King Solomons Mines

Author: William Minter
Publisher: William Minter
ISBN: 0465037240
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 415

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King Solomon's Mines (Illustrated)

Author: H. Rider Haggard
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781701397132
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 288

Book Description
"Wealth is good, and if it comes our way we will take it; but a gentleman does not sell himself for wealth." ― H. Rider Haggard - An Adventure Classic! - Includes the Original Illustrations