"King Solomon's Mines" tells of the search by Sir Henry Curtis, Captain
John Good and the narrator, Allan Quatermain, for Sir Henry's younger
brother George. He has been lost in the interior of Africa for two
years in the quest for King Solomon's Mines, the legendary source of
the biblical kings enormous riches. The three companions encounter
fearful hardships, fierce warriors, mortal danger and the sinister and
deadly witch Gagool.
In one of the finest adventure stories of
its age, Quatermain, with touches of humour and great excitement, tells
the tale of their struggle through unmapped Africa in pursuit of
unimaginable wealth.
