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King Solomon's Mines

By: Henry Rider Haggard
Narrated by: Alan Munro
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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
Classics Adventure Africa
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Loved this story when I was at school, over 50 years ago. I have never reread it and it was wonderful to come back to it and find it has lost none of its magic.

Loved It

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Great voice and memorable story. A nineteenth century Indiana Jones! Diamonds, gold and witchdoctors galore.

The great first adventure.

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What didn’t you like about Alan Munro’s performance?

The most stilted, unnatural narration I've ever endured. Almost like a machine. Utterly distracting and horrible. I will avoid anything narrated by this chap.

Baffling narration

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I've read this book many times but this is the first time I have listened to it and I will listen again and again.

Swash buckling brilliance

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The bass on the narrator almost makes the speakers blow... Very dull and slow, returned after 1st chapter...

Yawn....

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