Moon of Israel

Moon of Israel: A Tale of the Exodus is a historical romance set primarily in Egypt. After disobeying his father Meneptah's order to attack the Hebrew slaves, the virtuous Prince Seti, heir to the throne, is disinherited and his cruel cousin, Amenmeses, is crowned in his place. Told from the perspective of Ana, the scribe to the Egyptian pharaohs, Seti falls in love with Merapi, the Moon of Israel, who saves the prince and Ana from a murderous plot arranged by Amenmeses.

MI was serialized in The Cornhill Magazine between January and October 1918. John Murray, London, published the first edition on 31 October 1918 in a print issue of 10,000 copies. Longmans, Green, and Co., New York, published the first US edition on 14 November 1918 which featured a color lithograph frontispiece by Enos B. Comstock.

Further Reading:

Pocock, Tom. Rider Haggard and the Lost Empire. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1993. 214. Print.

Whatmore, D.E.. H Rider Haggard: A Bibliography. Westport, CT: Meckler Publishing Co., 1987. F46, 62-63. Print.