The Alan Quatermain Omnibus: King Solomon'S Mines & Allan Quatermain (Yellowbacks) - Softcover

Haggard, H Rider

 
9789357310659: The Alan Quatermain Omnibus: King Solomon'S Mines & Allan Quatermain (Yellowbacks)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 9357310657 ISBN 13: 9789357310659
Verlag: Hachette India, 2025

Inhaltsangabe

Before there was Indiana Jones, there was Allan Quatermain
King Solomon's Mines
Allan Quatermain had been a trader and hunter all his life and knew Africa as well as any white man. When returning to Natal, South Africa, Sir Henry Curtis tracked him down and made him a proposition: Curtis's brother had heard of the famous, fabled diamond mines of King Solomon, and taken an expedition to find it. He has not returned.
Quartermain possesses an old map to the fabled mines so, in return for a share of the treasure or a handsome stipend for his son if he dies in the attempt, Quartermain agrees to mount a rescue expedition. They journey over snowy mountains, through deserts, and into battle, but it is when the adventurers reach their destination that they must face Gagaoola, evil, clever and the greatest danger of all.
The book was first published in September 1885 amid considerable fanfare, with billboards and posters around London announcing "The Most Amazing Book Ever Written". It became an immediate best seller.

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Sir Henry Rider Haggard KBE (1856–1925) was an English writer of adventure fiction set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and a pioneer of the lost world literary genre. He was also involved in land reform throughout the British Empire. His stories, situated at the lighter end of Victorian literature, continue to be popular and influential and he was huge influence on Edgar Rice Burroughs, Arthur Conan Doyle and numerous others.

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Verlag
Hachette India
Erscheinungsdatum
2025
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
9357310657
ISBN 13 
9789357310659
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
556
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