King Solomon's Mines

By: Henry Rider Haggard

Narrated by: Alan Munro

First published in 1885, with billboards and posters around London announcing "The Most Amazing Book Ever Written". It became an immediate best seller. The genesis of the Lost World literary genre!

The search of an unexplored region of Africa by a group of adventurers, led by Allan Quatermain, for a missing brother, lost while searching for the mythical mines of King Solomon. It is the first English adventure novel set in Africa. The novel has been adapted to film at least six times. The first version premiered in 1937.

Public Domain (P)2015 Trout Lake Media

Entertaining Classic

An action-packed entertaining classic work of literary fiction. You won’t be disappointed or bored with Allan Quatermain’s adventurous treasure hunt for diamonds in Africa.

Loved it....

Old fashioned in so many ways, including language, but of course that is the charm. The locutions hearken to a day when language was happily taken much more seriously. The story is of course fanciful also in an old fashioned way, but slips the reader away into a fantasy land like few others. While dated by language and racist pronouncements, it remains a classic, not disconnected from other classics such as Heart of Darkness, and King Leopold's Ghost. I recommend it, even for young boys learning to stretch their imagination.

Reading a little mechanical

Great classic book, and clear reading, just a little bit droning which let my mind wander on occasion, had to play many sections back to keep up with the story.

Classic Adventure Story

I usually seek out Mr. Munro when there is a classic to be read. He usually does not disappoint. His voice seems suited for 18th century literature. I know that classic adventure stories can pale in comparison with plot lines and ease of today’s authors. But taking the book as it is for it’s time I enjoyed it very much.

poor quality

awesome story, performance of audio terrible. sounded muffled hard to distinguish words. spend the money on a more expensive copy.