When the adventurer Allan Quatermain is asked by Sir Henry Curtis and Captain Good to help them find Sir Henry’s missing brother, who was last seen trekking into the remote African interior in search of the fabled King Solomon’s Mines, he reluctantly agrees, yet fears that there is little hope of coming back alive. Following a map drawn in blood, the men cross vast deserts and scale snow-covered mountain peaks, facing fearful dangers and hardships, until they reach Kukuanaland, where they meet their greatest peril yet? This new edition contains extra material for young readers, including section on ‘Other Adventure Stories’, a test yourself quiz and a glossary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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. Each title in this series contains extra material for young readers. ‘King Solomon’s Mines’ was first published in 1885.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[24],"product_tag":[28],"class_list":["post-94593","product","type-product","status-publish","product_cat-childrens-fiction","product_tag-adventure-stories-childrens-teenage","pa_book_author-haggard-h-rider","pa_cover-paperback","pa_dewey-823-8-edition23","pa_edition-reprint","pa_imprint-alma-classics","pa_language-english","pa_pages-8698","pa_publisher-alma-books-ltd","pa_readership-young-adult-code-c","first","onbackorder","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\n