King Solomon's Mines

by H Rider Haggard | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 9780192834850 Global Overview for this book
Registered by Stoepbrak of Cape Town, Western Cape South Africa on 10/5/2013
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Journal Entry 1 by Stoepbrak from Cape Town, Western Cape South Africa on Saturday, October 5, 2013

Synopsis (Credit: www.amazon.co.uk; Barty Literati)

In many ways, King Solomon's Mines is THE classic adventure story. First published in 1885, and written in response to a wager that he could not produce a story half-as-good as Treasure Island, H Rider Haggard left a legacy which continues today, not only in literature, but also in such films as Indiana Jones and National Treasure. The plot is simplicity itself: whilst in deepest Africa, gnarled elephant hunter Allan Quartermain receives an irresistible offer from two fellow Englishmen to join them on a quest to find the lost treasures believed to be hidden in King Solomon's Mine. Added to this, one of the fellow adventurers, Sir Henry Curtis, is looking for his brother who seemingly disappeared on the same quest. Equipped with plenty of guns and ammunition, Quartermain's scrawled map of the region, and some native companions, they are off.

On the 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die List.

(Bought second-hand at the Central Library, Drill Hall, Cape Town.)

Journal Entry 2 by Stoepbrak at Cape Town, Western Cape South Africa on Thursday, April 9, 2015

The book is interesting in the sense that it provides one some insight in what life was like on the Southern African frontiers in those days. However, my enthusiasm faded quickly. Even making allowances for the difference in world view at the time, the racism, sexism and speciesism portrayed made for difficult reading: I found the level of arrogance hard to stomach. It is telling that both book and author were in high demand in most of the western world at the time.

Journal Entry 3 by Stoepbrak at V&A: Waterfront in Cape Town, Western Cape South Africa on Sunday, July 10, 2016

Released 7 yrs ago (7/10/2016 UTC) at V&A: Waterfront in Cape Town, Western Cape South Africa

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Left in the vicinity of the Logos Hope, the seafaring book fair, currently paying a visit to Cape Town harbour.
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