Download or read book King Solomon's Mines ( Classics Illustrated) Edition written by Henry Rider Henry Rider Haggard and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-20 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first great "Lost World" action-adventure, a precursor to Indiana Jones H. Rider Haggard's King Solomon's Mines has entertained generations of readers since its first publication in 1885. Following a mysterious map of dubious reliability, a small group of men trek into southern Africa in search of a lost friend-and a lost treasure, the fabled mines of King Solomon. Led by the English adventurer and fortune hunter Allan Quartermain, they discover a frozen corpse, survive untold dangers in remote mountains and deserts, and encounter the merciless King Twala en route to the legendary hoard of diamonds.