King Solomon's mines
By: H. Rider Haggard ; edited by Gerald Monsman
Contributors: Monsman, Gerald Cornelius
Series: Broadview literary texts
Publisher: Broadview Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Peterborough, Ont
Language: eng
Number of pages: 306
Subjects: Quatermain, Allan (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction
Description: "When first published, King Solomon's Mines (1885) was an enormous popular success. The narrative follows the explorations of Allan Quatermain, a fortune hunter who travels to Africa in search of ancient treasures and a lost fellow explorer. Written as an adventure story, the novel is also a late-Victorian imperial romance that illuminates the politics of British imperialist capitalism in 1870s and 1880s South Africa.".

"This edition includes contemporary reviews, other writings by Haggard on Africa and romance, and documents focusing on imperialism and diamond mining in late nineteenth-century South Africa."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references