King Solomon's Mines

<p><strong>King Solomon's Mines</strong> is a classic <strong>adventure novel</strong> by <strong>H. Rider Haggard</strong> widely considered one of the first <strong>lost world</strong> stories. It introduced the legendary adventurer <strong>Allan Quatermain</strong> who would later become one of literature's most famous explorers.</p><p>Set in <strong>19th-century Africa</strong> the novel follows <strong>Allan Quatermain</strong> a rugged English hunter and explorer as he leads a dangerous expedition to find <strong>King Solomon's legendary diamond mines</strong>.</p><p>The journey begins when Sir <strong>Henry Curtis</strong> and his friend <strong>Captain John Good</strong> recruit Quatermain to help locate <strong>Henry's lost brother</strong> who vanished while searching for the mines. Quatermain reluctant at first agrees in exchange for a share of the treasure-if they survive.</p><p>The expedition faces <strong>harsh deserts deadly animals and hostile tribes</strong> until they reach the hidden kingdom of the <strong>Kukuanas</strong> ruled by the ruthless King <strong>Twala</strong> and his sinister witch-doctor <strong>Gagool</strong>. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p>