King Solomon's Mines
by H. Rider Haggard
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Author: H. Rider HaggardEditor: Gerald Monsman
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2002-08-12
ISBN: 1551114399
Number of pages: 312
Publisher: Broadview Press
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Book Review: African Adventure!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a Victorian era novel of adventure in unexplored Africa. The plot centers on the search for a lost diamond mine, but contains daring treks through the wilderness, a civil war among African natives, and colorful descriptions of the landscape and people of Africa. This book represents the definition of the romantic image of the Age of Exploration during the Victorian era: intrepid explorers heading off into the wilds in search of fame and fortune. Several movies have been based on this book (and subsequent Haggard stories about Alain Quatermain), and the character Indiana Jones was based largely on Haggard's Quatermain. None of these films have manged to the capture flavor of Haggard's book on the big screen. If you liked the movie King Solomon's Mines with Stewart Granger and Deborah Kerr (undoubtedly the best of all the films), you will probably like this book even more. The main drawback of this book (at least for 21st century readers) is Haggard's subtle and not-so-subtle racism. The native Africans are at best noble savages, and often Haggard considers them to be much less. I've read elsewhere that Haggard wrote this after having read Treasure Island. He supposedly felt that he could write a better adventure story. This is the first of his twenty or so novels written at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century. If true, he succeeded. This is a highly entertaining escapist read and I strongly recommend it.
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