King Solomon\'s Mines (1885) is a popular novel by the Victorian adventure writer and fabulist Sir H.
It is the first English adventure novel set in Africa, and is considered to be the genesis of the Lost World literary genre.
The book was first published in September 1885 amid considerable fanfare, with billboards and posters aroun.
It tells of a search of an unexplored region of Africa by a group of adventurers led by Allan Quatermain for the missing brother of one of the party.
Rider Haggard.
King Solomon\'s Mines (1885) is a popular novel by the Victorian adventure writer and fabulist Sir H