King Solomon's mines / H. Rider Haggard.
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TextPublication details: Sanbornville, N.H. : Large Print Book Company, 2010, 1885Edition: Large print edDescription: [9], 286 p. (large print) : map ; 23 cmISBN: 9781596881334Subject(s): Quatermain, Allan (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Diamond mines and mining -- Fiction | Treasure troves -- Fiction | Africa -- FictionGenre/Form: Large type books. | Adventure fiction. Summary: King Solomon's Mines is a very popular novel by the Victorian adventure writer and fabulist, Sir H. Rider Haggard. 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. It is the first English fictional adventure novel set in Africa, and is considered to be the genesis of the Lost World literary genre. It has been made into a movie six times, inspired many sequels and imitators and clearly influenced the Indiana Jones movies.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| wnor- Book | Northam Northam Large Print | F HAG (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31111044531794 |
King Solomon's Mines is a very popular novel by the Victorian adventure writer and fabulist, Sir H. Rider Haggard. 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. It is the first English fictional adventure novel set in Africa, and is considered to be the genesis of the Lost World literary genre. It has been made into a movie six times, inspired many sequels and imitators and clearly influenced the Indiana Jones movies.
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