King Solomon's MinesTouted by its 1885 publisher as “the 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 “brings 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.” |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 3 |
MEET SIR HENRY CURTIS | 5 |
THE LEGEND OF SOLOMONS MINES | 14 |
UMBOPA ENTERS OUR SERVICE | 25 |
AN ELEPHANT HUNT | 37 |
OUR MARCH INTO THE DESERT | 47 |
WATER WATER | 60 |
SOLOMONS ROAD | 72 |
WE GIVE A SIGN | 125 |
BEFORE THE BATTLE | 140 |
THE ATTACK | 151 |
THE LAST STAND OF THE GREYS | 160 |
GOOD FALLS SICK | 178 |
SOLOMONS TREASURE CHAMBER | 200 |
WE ABANDON HOPE | 211 |
IGNOSIS FAREWELL | 222 |
WE ENTER KUKUANALAND | 89 |
TWALA THE KING | 98 |
THE WITCHHUNT | 111 |
NOTES | 237 |
READING GROUP GUIDE | 263 |
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