King Solomon's Mines is by H. Rider Haggard. The story of Allan Quartermain famous African adventurer. If you've seen the movie, forget it. There are no women in this book. It is an adventure written for men by a man. Quartermain is bribed into taking a safari into unexplored Africa to locate a missing man who was looking for King Solomon's fabled diamond mines. The men face every deadly danger in Africa as they travel with the mysterious Umbopa who has a secret of his own. A must read classic work of historical fiction.
Ratings: 8th grade - 10 out of 10.
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