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One of the first bestsellers in history A famous French painter lovestruck Scotsman and mysterious Egyptian princess form a love triangle replete with mystery tourists hieroglyphs revenge and day trips to the pyramids leading to an inevitable dark ending
Marie Corelli the Victorian novelist beloved of Gladstone Churchill and Victoria herself topped the bestseller charts through her whole career This tale of romance mystery and foolish tourism was published in 1897 the same year in which Bram Stoker wrote Dracula In her inimitable style she weaves together dark romance the paranormal savage social commentary ridiculous but entirely believable characters and more in an energetic ride through the Society Set as they take the season in Cairo
The world most famous French painter introduced in a sashing Bedouin chiefs outfit a noble Scots lord and his gentle sister who the painter threw aside a professor who sees beyond the veil of illusion to the real reincarnating souls of people a happy muttondressedaslamb pretending to be decades younger and sprightlier than when her husband lived a newspaper proprietor and his desperately statusseeking wife and girls together they must discover the secrets of the Princess Ziska who seems to know far more than any other about the ancient days of Egypt especially of the warrior king Araxes and his illfated harmdancer ZiskaCharmazel
A tale of love passion revenge reincarnation and a superbly written cast of characters that will bring constant laughs reflections and shivers
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