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King Solomon's Mines

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Haggard knew Africa well, having travelled deep within the continent as a 19-year-old during the Anglo-Zulu War and the First Boer War, where he had been impressed by South Africa's vast mineral wealth and by the ruins of ancient lost cities being uncovered, such as Great Zimbabwe.

His original Allan Quatermain character was based in large part on Frederick Courtney Selous, the famous British white hunter and explorer of Colonial Africa.

Selous's real-life experiences provided Haggard with the background and inspiration for this and many later stories.

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1447855477 / 9781447855477
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12/09/2011
English
223 pages