Reading King Solomon's Mines | Alexandria
Read King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard. Uncovering African treasures and Victorian prejudices, King Solomon's Mines shocked readers by subverting colonial adventure tropes, portraying complex indigenous characters when most tales reduced them to stereotypes. Haggard's prescient critique of resource exploitation and greed remains startlingly relevant, while his surprising message - that ancient African civilizations rivaled European ones - challenged imperial assumptions.