{"product_id":"2940149445172","title":"King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard","description":"It is a curious thing that at my age—fifty-five last birthday—I should find myself taking up a pen to try to write a history. I wonder what sort of a history it will be when I have finished it, if ever I come to the end of the trip! I have done a good many things in my life, which seems a long one to me, owing to my having begun work so young, perhaps. At an age when other boys are at school I was earning my living as a trader in the old Colony. I have been trading, hunting, fighting, or mining ever since. And yet it is only eight months ago that I made my pile. It is a big pile now that I have got it—I don't yet know how big—but I do not think I would go through the last fifteen or sixteen months again for it; no, not if I knew that I should come out safe at the end, pile and all. But then I am a timid man, and dislike violence; moreover, I am almost sick of adventure. I wonder why I am going to write this book: it is not in my line. I am not a literary man, though very devoted to the Old Testament and also to the \"Ingoldsby Legends.\" Let me try to set down my reasons, just to see if I have any","brand":"aqeel aslam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47068063203568,"sku":"2940149445172","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940149445172_p0.jpg?v=1763717134","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940149445172","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}