Great adventure story

I enjoyed the journey through deepest Africa with Alain Quartermain. Short story full of character and adventure. Readers were good and background music, sounds and dramatisation bought the story to life.

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A Ripping Yarn

At just under 2 hours long you may feel you don’t get much for your money but this is an engaging and well made dramatisation of this classic Rider-Haggard adventure story which is worth every penny. In the best tradition of all ripping yarns, it delivers up a hazardous journey into the unknown in the search of a lost brother & the legendary diamond mines of King Solomon with the discovery of a lost world to boot. On a tick list of things we have come to expect from an epic tale of derring-do, this one delivers on all of them with style. A lot is crammed into 2 hours of storytelling but it is done so without losing sight of the distinct characters which develop nicely as the story progresses. Congratulations to the cast for bringing this epic to life & to the BBC for creating an excellent audio drama. I’m now on the look out for my next one.

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MY FAVOURITE STORY OF ALL TIME

I absolutely love King Solomons Mines. From the first time I read it many years ago, I have lost count just how many times I've read it since! When I seen this audiobook I snatched it up right away - and was NOT disappointed! This well crafted dramatisation does the book justice and them some - the amazing performances keep you hooked from start to finish, and during my long business trips I've found myself listening to the whole thing then go back to the beginning and listen all over again! I have one request to the talented people who made this - please PLEASE do a dramatisation of 'Allan Quatermain' - the sequel to KSM. The sequel is just as good as the first, and casting the same people into that would be absolutely amazing!! I'd be the first to buy it rest assured!! Great work thanks for making this!

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Good escapist fun

This is good escapist fun for just under 2 hours
The cast are pretty good and there are some chuckles along the way to be had
I knew that rider haggard had had a pretty colourful life and this drama captures that fun and
Adventure to a tee
Lets face it we need a bit of escapism with covid 19 in our faces each day
And this delivers on that
I listened to it 3 times in the end over a month or so and it’s is well worth giving a go
Joe

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brilliant adaptation

my son and I listened whilst camping and were quite transported into the wilds of Africa. Brilliant.

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A fantastic story

Tim McInnerny (Lord Percy + Captain Darling from Blackadder series) plays intrepid explorer Allan Quatermain.

All three of the classic novels dramatised by the BBC, and added to Audible this month, have been excellent and are highly recommended.

The other two are:

War of the Worlds, H G Wells
Journey to the centre of the Earth, Jules Verne

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Utterly Brilliant!

Now I see why this is a classic. What an adventure!
The production is top class from the acting to the music and sound effects, it really puts you right into the heart of each scene and loved e wry moment of it.

It took very little time at all to get into the story which held my attention throughout.

It's quite short too so an easy buy that you can listen to on a long journey.

I highly recommend!

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