num_pages: 298
description: 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 his quest for King Solomon's Mines, the legendary source of the biblical king's enormous riches. The three companions encounter fearful hardships, fierce warriors, mortal danger and the sinister and deadly witch Gagool.
language: English
title: King Solomon's Mines
titlecomplete: King Solomon's Mines
characters: Allan Quatermain, Thomas Wingfield, Good, Sir Henry Curtis, Umbopa/Ignosi
genres: Classics, Adventure, Historical, Fantasy, Novels, Africa, Historical Fiction, Literature, 19th Century, Fiction
ratings_count: 48428
places: Zimbabwe, Mexico, South Africa
series: Allan Quatermain, Allan Quatermain, Ayesha, and Umslopogaas
publisher: Penguin Books