King Solomon's Mines (1885) is a popular novel by the Victorian adventure writer and fabulist, Sir H. Rider Haggard. 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.
King Solomon was the second son of King David and Bat Sheva. He reigned for 40 years and during that time composed 3,000 proverbs and 1,005 songs. He wrote the Song of Songs, the Book of Proverbs and Ecclesiastes. The profound wisdom of King Solomon, the story of his life and his studies of the mystical are the source for the Solomon Seals and Solomon Amulets.
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