As Minas de Salomão
By: por Rider Haggard ; traducão de Eça de Queirós ; as ilustrac̜ões de As minas de Salomão ; são de Will Nikeless e Peter Bransfield
Contributors: Queirós, Eça de, 1845-1900, translator; Nikeless, Will, illustrator; Bransfield, Peter, illustrator; Livros do Brasil
Series: Obras De Eça de Queiroz -- 17; EQ -- 17
Publisher: Livros do Brasil
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Carnaxide [Portugal]
Language: por
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9789897110108
Copyright date: 2011
Subjects: Translations into Portuguese; Allan Quatermain (Fictitious character); Fiction; Diamond mines and mining; Treasure troves; Description and travel; Travel
Other titles: As Minas de Salomão; Obras De Eça de Queiroz : As Minas de Salomão
Work titles: King Solomon's Mines
Description: "H. Rider Haggard's thrilling saga of elephant hunter Allan Quatermain and his search for fabled treasure is more than just an adventure story: 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. The novel tells of a search of an unexplored region of Africa by a group of adventurers led by Allan Quatermain for the missing brother of one of the party. The men find danger, hardship, myth, lost tribes, cruel kings, and evil sorceress, and overcome all. Through a series of adventures the men escape near-certain death, with pocketfuls of diamonds from "King Solomon's Mines", enough to make them rich for life. It is the first English adventure novel set in Africa, and is considered to be the genesis of the Lost World literary genre." -- goodreads.com
Notes: "Eça De Queiroz" is the orthography on the book and not a mistake. "Queirós, Eça de" is based on newer spelling rules.

First published in English in 1885.

In Portuguese.