King Solomon's Mines: Complete and Unabridged (Puffin Classics)
H. Rider Haggard
Language: English
Pages: 304
ISBN: 0140366873
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Touted by its 1885 publisher as “the most amazing story ever written,” King Solomon’s Mines was one of the bestselling novels of the nineteenth century. H. Rider Haggard’s thrilling saga of elephant hunter Allan Quatermain and his search for fabled treasure is more than just an adventure story, though: As Alexandra Fuller explains in her Introduction, in its vivid portrayal of the alliances and battles of white colonials and African tribesmen, King Solomon’s Mines “brings us the world of extremes, of the absurdly tall tales and of the illogical loyalty between disparate people that still informs this part of the world.”
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and transfixed by its great curved horns was a magnificent blackmaned lion, also dead. What had happened evidently was this. The sable antelope had come down to drink at the pool where the lion—no doubt the same we had heard—had been lying in wait. While the antelope was drinking the lion had sprung upon him, but was received upon the sharp curved horns and transfixed. I once saw the same thing happen before. The lion, unable to free himself, had torn and bitten at the back and neck of the bull,
ant-heaps. When the sun rose and, for awhile, cleared away the mysterious mists, Suliman’s Berg and the two majestic breasts, now only about twenty miles off, seemed to be towering right above us, and looked grander than ever. At the approach of evening we started on again, and, to cut a long story short, by daylight next morning found ourselves upon the lowest slopes of Sheba’s left breast, for which we had been steadily steering. By this time our water was again exhausted and we were suffering
books containing excerpts from Haggard’s letters about activities for the public good. Three of these titles are: Deeds for the Church: Rider Haggard (Cheltenham: D. E. Whatmore, 1995); Deeds for Children and Young People: Rider Haggard (Cheltenham: D. E. Whatmore, 1996); and Deeds for the Salvation Army: Rider Haggard (Cheltenham: D. E. Whatmore, 1996). In addition, the Rider Haggard Society (www.riderhaggardsociety.org.uk), a British organization, has through its occasional journal worked since
books containing excerpts from Haggard’s letters about activities for the public good. Three of these titles are: Deeds for the Church: Rider Haggard (Cheltenham: D. E. Whatmore, 1995); Deeds for Children and Young People: Rider Haggard (Cheltenham: D. E. Whatmore, 1996); and Deeds for the Salvation Army: Rider Haggard (Cheltenham: D. E. Whatmore, 1996). In addition, the Rider Haggard Society (www.riderhaggardsociety.org.uk), a British organization, has through its occasional journal worked since
Foulata’s corpse, laying it on the floor by the boxes of coin. Next we seated ourselves, leaning our backs against the three stone chests of priceless treasures. “Let us divide the food,” said Sir Henry, “so as to make it last as long as possible” Accordingly we did so. It would, we reckoned, make four infinitesimally small meals for each of us, enough, say, to support life for a couple of days. Besides the “biltong,” or dried gameflesh, there were two gourds of water, each holding about a
