Description: For sale is King Solomon’s Mines by Victorian adventure novelist H. Rider Haggard. Book is a previously read trade paperback King Solomon’s Mines - 1885, Barnes & Noble Classsics 2004. By the late 19th century explorers were uncovering lost civilizations around the world, such as Egypt's Valley of the Kings and the empire of Assyria. Africa remained largely unexplored and King Solomon's Mines, the first novel of African adventure published in English, captured the public's imagination. Haggard knew Africa well, having penetrated deep within the continent as a 19-year-old during the Anglo-Zulu War and the First Boer War, where he had been impressed by South Africa's vast mineral wealth and the ruins of ancient lost civilizations being uncovered such as Great Zimbabwe. His original Allan Quatermain character was based in large part on the real-life adventures of Frederick Courtney Selous, the famous British big game hunter and explorer of Colonial Africa. These experiences provided Haggard's background and inspiration for this and many later stories.
Price: 1.99 USD
Location: Los Angeles, California
End Time: 2024-10-27T23:24:12.000Z
Shipping Cost: 4.63 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Binding: Softcover, Wraps
Origin: American
Place of Publication: USA
Country of Manufacture: United States
Publisher: Barnes & Noble
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Year Printed: 2004
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Illustrator: N/A
Region: North America
Author: H.Rider Haggard
Original/Reproduction: Original
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Action, Adventure
