Morning Star (Haggard novel)

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

Morning Star
First edition (UK)
AuthorH. Rider Haggard
LanguageEnglish
PublisherCassell (UK)
Longmans Green (US)
Publication date
1910
Publication placeUnited Kingdom

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]

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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

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  1. ^ a b c 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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