Three men trek to the remote African interior in search of a lost friend - and reach, at the end of a perilous journey, an unknown land cut off from the world, where terrible dangers threaten anyone who ventures near the spectacular diamond mines of King Solomon...

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An amazing adventure set in Africa, against the backdrop of endless deserts and snowy mountains, Kings Solomon's Mines follows Allan Quartermain, in his quest to find his missing brother and unearth the fabled treasure of the biblical King's mines. Along the way, Allan and his companions are caught up in a tribal war and face fearful hardships, culminating in a final confrontation with the evil witch Gagool.

Author's Introduction

Chapter 1 I Meet Sir Henry Curtis

Chapter 2 The Legend of Solomon's Mines

Chapter 3 Umbopa Enters our Service

Chapter 4 An Elephant Hunt

Chapter 5 Our March into the Desert

Chapter 6 Water! Water!

Chapter 7 Solomon's Road

Chapter 8 We Enter Kukuanaland

Chapter 9 Twala the King

Chapter 10 The witCh-Hunt

Chapter 11 We Give a Sign

Chapter 12 Before the Battle

Chapter 13 The Attack

Chapter 14 The Last Stand of the Greys

Chapter 15 Good Falls Sick

Chapter 16 The Place of Death

Chapter 17 Solomon's Treasure Chamber

Chapter 18 We Abandon Hope

Chapter 19 Ignosi's Farewell

Chapter 20 Found