3 Review(s)

King Solomon's Mines is a novel written by H. Rider Haggard and published in 1885. It tells the story of Allan Quatermain, a British big-game hunter who searches for the legendary King Solomon's Mines in Africa, at the behest of an unnamed client. The book has been adapted numerous times for film and television. The novel is divided into four parts, each part told in the first-person by one of the protagonists. The first three parts all feature Allan Quatermain as their protagonist and are set in Africa, while Part 4 features his son. The book has been adapted numerous times as films, television series, comics and video games.