King Solomon’s Mines

King Solomon’s Mines, published in 1885, is a landmark adventure novel by H. Rider Haggard that introduced the world to the character Allan Quatermain. The story follows a perilous expedition into uncharted African territory in search of a lost treasure and a missing explorer. Blending suspense, exoticism, and Victorian imperial values, the novel is often credited with launching the “lost world” genre. Its thrilling narrative and larger-than-life characters made it a bestseller and an enduring classic of colonial-era adventure fiction.