King Solomons Mines by H. Rider Haggard Paperback Book 9789357278508

The wellknown book King Solomons Mines 1885 was written by English adventurer and fabulist Sir H Rider Haggard Adventurer and white hunter Allan Quatermain live in Durban in what is now South Africa Aristocrat Sir Henry Curtis and his buddy Captain Good approach him and ask for his assistance in locating Sir Henrys brother They bring a mystery native with them by the name of Umbopa who resembles a more regal attractive and wellspoken porter than others They soon come upon a group of Kukuana warriors who are just ready to slay them when Captain Good fumbles with his dentures in nervousness They identify as quotquotwhite men from the starsquotquotsorcerergodsto protect themselves and are forced to demonstrate their deity She takes them to a treasure room hidden deep beneath a mountain that is stocked with gold gems and ivory Then as they are gazing at the riches she cunningly slips away and activates a hidden mechanism that shuts the huge stone door to the pit They discover an escape route after a few depressing days spent locked in the dark chamber which is enough to make them wealthy A distraught Ignosi tells them they must go back home to live with their own people and stops them