Book, Cassell, King Solomon's mines, 1942

Physical description

Ill, p.256.

Publication type

fiction

Summary

It tells of a quest into an unexplored region of Africa by a group of adventurers led by Allan Quatermain in search of the missing brother of one of the party. It is significant as the first English fictional adventure novel set in Africa, and is considered the genesis of the Lost World literary genre.

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