King Solomon's Treasure

Chapter 1 Introduction to the Author's Works

"King Solomon's Treasure" describes an extraordinary treasure hunting story.The narrator of the story is Alan Quartermain. By chance, he met Sir Curtis and Colonel Goode, and together with them they searched for Sir Curtis’s long-lost brother. The kingdom of Kuana is looking for King Solomon's treasure.Accompanied by their locally employed servant Ambopa.A group of people crossed the terrible desert and almost froze at the top of the mountain. After a long journey, they finally arrived at their destination.Unexpectedly, the real identity of the servant Ang Bopa turned out to be the legal heir of the local king. With the help of everyone, he defeated the evil usurper king.Finally, King Solomon's treasure was found, but the cunning witch doctor Gagul's design trapped them deep in the underground tomb.After a difficult escape, they found Sir Curtis' brother and returned to civilized society.

Alan Quartermine, a treasure hunter, was persuaded by Sir Henry Curtis's niece, Jesse Huston, to help her find his father.When Jesse's father goes missing in the African jungle in search of the fabled treasure of King Solomon, Quatermain, Sir Henry Curtis and Captain John Good, with their native servant Um Popa, set out to find out. The fate of Sir Curtis' missing brother.After a long journey, they finally arrived at their destination and found that Um Popa was a king.Um Popa overcame the evil King Tawara who was killed in a fight with Curtis.The explorers discover Solomon's treasure, but are locked up in a cellar to die by a terrible witch doctor.After they escaped, they met Curtis' brother and returned to civilization together.

The sensation caused by "King Solomon's Treasure" goes far beyond the influence of "Treasure Island".The advertisement at the time said: "This is the most fascinating book ever." In just one year, "King Solomon's Treasure" sold tens of thousands of copies in the UK, and it was reprinted [-] times in the United States. .Faced with this situation, it was impossible for Haggard even if he didn't want to be a writer—he couldn't stop the enthusiastic expectations of readers and the rich income brought by novels, so he lost the illusion of being an official and devoted himself to the journey of literature.

Haggard was born in Norfolk, England in 1826, the son of a country gentleman and lawyer.His childhood and adolescence were unremarkable, nothing extraordinary, and he failed the enlistment exam. He had no choice but to let his father find a position with the Governor of Natal Province in South Africa. From then on, Haggard's fate linked to South Africa. "King Solomon's Treasure" was written by him based on the real historical situation of South Africa, combined with local geography and legends, and artistically transformed it.The thrilling plot of the book and the witty and humorous style of the book have received such warm welcome as a matter of course.

In addition to the twists and turns, exotic romance and happy ending that are usually found in adventure novels, the most touching thing about this novel is the tragic heroism that envelops the whole book.At the end of Chapter 4, in order to save Captain Goode, the Zulu teenager Ke Haiwo fought in vain with the crazy elephant, and was finally torn to pieces by the elephant.Haggard said through Yumbopa's mouth: "He died, but he died like a man." In the chapter "The Last Battle", the warriors of the Gray Legion knew that they were outnumbered and must be destroyed , But in order to save the lives of other comrades-in-arms and win the chance for other legions to win, they rushed to the enemy without hesitation.The calm and calm gaze, the generous and tragic expression, and the noble spirit of sacrifice moved every reader.

The author has written more than 40 adventure novels, some of which have been made into movies.After this book, he successfully wrote "Her", "Jessie" and "Quatmaine Treasure Hunt" and so on.

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