King Solomon's Mines Contributor(s): Haggard, H. Rider (Author), Stephens, Toby (Read by) |
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ISBN: 160998109X ISBN-13: 9781609981099 Publisher: Blackstone Publishing OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: March 2011 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Action & Adventure |
Dewey: FIC |
Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5" W x 5.9" (0.52 lbs) |
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Publisher Description: Allan Quatermain and a group of fellow adventurers set out to find a missing member of their party. This is the beginning of their adventures in an unfamiliar and unexplored region of inner Africa. The first adventure novel to take place in Africa, King Solomon's Mines achieved wide-spread popularity as soon as it was published in 1885. |
Contributor Bio(s): Haggard, Sir Henry Rider: - H. Rider Haggard was born in Norfolk, England. After failing the Army entrance exam, he went to Natal in 1875 as secretary to Sir Henry Bulwer and the next year went to the Transvaal. He returned to England in 1881, married, and settled down to a literary life. His first novel, King Solomon's Mines, was published in 1885. He published thirty-four adventure novels during his lifetime. He was knighted in 1912. Stephens, Toby: -Toby Stephens is an English stage, television, and film actor who has appeared in films in both Hollywood and Bollywood. He is best known for playing megavillain Gustav Graves in the James Bond film Die Another Day and Edward Fairfax Rochester in the BBC television adaptation of Jane Eyre. |