Morning Star

Morning Star is a historical romance set in ancient Egypt. The rightful Queen of Egypt, Neter-Tua, or Morning Star, must defeat her uncle Prince Abi who plots to usurp her throne. Haggard dedicated MS to his friend Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge (1857-1934), an English Egyptologist and Orientalist whose responsibilities included the collection of Egyptian and Assyrian artifacts for the British Museum.

MS was serialized in The Christian World News of the Week between October 1909 and March 1910. Cassell and Co., London, published the first UK edition on 11 March 1910 which included three full-page illustrations by A. C. Michael. The Register in Adelaide complimented these, remarking: "The illustrations, by A. C. Michael, are good" (4). Cassell issued 13,500 copies in this printing. Longmans, Green, and Co., New York, published the first US edition on 27 May 1910.

Further Reading

"An Egyptian Elizabeth." The Register (30 April 1910): 4. Trove: National Library of Australia. Web. 10 Oct. 2016.

Haggard, H. Rider. The Days of My Life, An Autobiography. 2 Vols. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1926. II: 30. Print.

Pocock, Tom. Rider Haggard and the Lost Empire. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1993. 126. Print.

Whatmore, D.E.. H Rider Haggard: A Bibliography. Westport, CT: Meckler Publishing Co., 1987. F35, 50-51. Print.