King Solomon's Mines

Plot
Sir H. Rider Haggard's King Solomon's Mines is a novel about the search of an unexplored region of Africa to search for the missing brother of one of the party. It is the first English adventure novel se in Africa. During the search they come upon Kukuanaland, a lost city and the protectors of King Solomon's Mines. The men in the searching party are going to be executed when one starts playing with their false teeth, a nervous twitch of theirs, causing the natives to believe they are 'gods'. They are kept alive while a civil war breaks out and the Englishmen take the king's chief advisor hostage forcing her to lead them to the Mines which turns out of be a massive treasure room. Escaping the advisor traps the Englishmen inside to die, however being killed herself by the closing door to trap them. Wandering around in the dark they were about to give up and let death take them when they discover a secret exit. Unable to take all the treasure they do manage to take several diamonds with them to prove their stories and become rich.