Morning Star (Haggard novel)

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Morning Star
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First edition (UK)
Author H. Rider Haggard
LanguageEnglish
Publisher Cassell (UK)
Longmans Green (US)
Publication date
1910
Publication placeUnited Kingdom

Morning Star is a historical novel with fantasy elements by H. Rider Haggard, set in Ancient Egypt. [1] [2]

Contents

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"). [1]

Reception

The Australian newspaper The World's News described Morning Star as "a very exciting and cleverly constructed romance". [3] Roger Lancelyn Green praised Morning Star as "one of the best re-creations of Ancient Egypt ever written." [4] 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." [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Bleiler, Everett F. (1990). The Guide to Supernatural Fiction. Kent State: Kent State University Press. p. 726. ISBN   978-0-87338-288-5.
  2. ↑ "AN EGYPTIAN ELIZABETH". The Register . Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 30 April 1910. p. 4. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "HAVE YOU READ?". The World's News . Sydney: National Library of Australia. 30 April 1910. p. 31. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  4. ↑ Green, Roger Lancelyn. Tales of Ancient Egypt. Bodley Head, London, 1967 (pg. 15)
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