King Solomon's Mines

Touted by its 1885 publisher as €œthe 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 €œbrings 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.€