H. Rider Haggard

On his twenty-fifth birthday, Leo Vincey opens the silver casket that his father has left to him. It contains a letter recounting the legend of a white sorceress who rules an African tribe and of his father's quest to find this remote race. To find out for himself if the story is true, Leo and his companions set sail for...

New to Black Classics with a New Introduction by Giles Foden Three men trek to the remote African interior in search of a lost friend—and reach, at the end of a perilous journey, an unknown land cut off from the world, where terrible dangers threaten anyone who ventures near the spectacular diamond mines of King Solomon's Mines...

Puffin Classics - the definitive collection of timeless stories, for every child Rediscover the Puffin Classics collection and bring the best-loved classics to a new generation, including this thrilling edition of King Solomon's Mines. Following a mysterious ancient map, a small group of men trek into southern Africa in search of a lost friend and the fabled diamond mines of...