It is the first English story set in Africa and is considered to be the origin of the Lost World literary genre that inspired others such as Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World, Rudyard Kipling's The Man Who Would Be King and HP Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness. King Solomon's Mines is an exciting adventure that has gripped generations. The travellers face many dangers on their quest - the baking desert heat, the hostile lost tribe they discover and the evil 'wise woman' who holds the secret of the diamond mines. By strange chance, Quatermain has a map to the mines, drawn in blood, and agrees to join the others on their perilous journey. His new friends have set out to find Sir Henry's younger brother, who vanished while seeking King Solomon's legendary diamond mines in the African interior. On board a ship bound for Natal, adventurer Allan Quatermain meets Sir Henry Curtis and Captain John Good.
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