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Morning Star (Haggard Novel)
''Morning Star'' is a historical novel with fantasy elements by H Rider Haggard, set in Ancient Egypt. The novel is set some time after the expulsion of the Hyksos from Egypt (around 1500-1200 BCE). It focuses on the titular heroine, named Neter-Tua ("Morning Star"). Reception The Australian newspaper ''The World's News'' described ''Morning Star'' as "a very exciting and cleverly constructed romance". Roger Lancelyn Green praised ''Morning Star'' as "one of the best re-creations of Ancient Egypt ever written."Green, Roger Lancelyn. ''Tales of Ancient Egypt.'' Bodley Head, London, 1967 (pg. 15) E. F. Bleiler described ''Morning Star'' as "well-structured, but with a vein of cruelty in the excursion of the wholly-other into human life." References External linksComplete novel at Project Gutenberg *https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2722/2722-h/2722-h.htm Novels by H. Rider Haggard Novels set in ancient Egypt 1910 British novels 1910 fantasy novels {{1910s-hist-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WikiProject Novels
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