Three men trek to the remote African interior in search of a lost friend - and reach, at the end of a perilous journey, an unknown land cut off from the world, where terrible dangers threaten anyone who ventures near the spectacular diamond mines of King Solomon...
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An amazing adventure set in Africa, against the backdrop of endless deserts and snowy mountains, Kings Solomon's Mines follows Allan Quartermain, in his quest to find his missing brother and unearth the fabled treasure of the biblical King's mines. Along the way, Allan and his companions are caught up in a tribal war and face fearful hardships, culminating in a final confrontation with the evil witch Gagool.
Author's Introduction
Chapter 1 I Meet Sir Henry Curtis
Chapter 2 The Legend of Solomon's Mines
Chapter 3 Umbopa Enters our Service
Chapter 4 An Elephant Hunt
Chapter 5 Our March into the Desert
Chapter 6 Water! Water!
Chapter 7 Solomon's Road
Chapter 8 We Enter Kukuanaland
Chapter 9 Twala the King
Chapter 10 The witCh-Hunt
Chapter 11 We Give a Sign
Chapter 12 Before the Battle
Chapter 13 The Attack
Chapter 14 The Last Stand of the Greys
Chapter 15 Good Falls Sick
Chapter 16 The Place of Death
Chapter 17 Solomon's Treasure Chamber
Chapter 18 We Abandon Hope
Chapter 19 Ignosi's Farewell
Chapter 20 Found