Moon of Israel (novel)

This article is about the novel. For the film, see The Moon of Israel.

Moon of Israel
First edition (UK)
AuthorH. Rider Haggard
LanguageEnglish
PublisherJohn Murray (UK)
Longmans, Green (US)
Publication date
1918
Publication placeUnited Kingdom

Moon of Israel is a novel by English writer H. Rider Haggard, first published in 1918 by John Murray. The novel narrates the events of the Biblical Exodus from Egypt told from the perspective of a scribe named Ana.[1][2]

Haggard dedicated his novel to Sir Gaston Maspero, a distinguished Egyptologist and director of Cairo Museum.

Adaptation

His novel was the basis of a script by Ladislaus Vajda, for film-director Michael Curtiz in his 1924 Austrian epic known as Die Sklavenkönigin, or "Queen of the Slaves".[3]

References

  1. ^ "Our Literary Page The Newest Books MOON OF ISRAEL". Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954). Perth, WA: National Library of Australia. 28 February 1919. p. 39. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  2. ^ "Moon of Israel (H. Rider Haggard)". The World's News (Sydney, NSW : 1901 - 1955). Sydney, NSW: National Library of Australia. 10 May 1919. p. 29. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  3. ^ Moon of Israel at IMDb
  • Moon of Israel at Project Gutenberg


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