Pharos the Egyptian (Esprios Classics) by Guy Boothby

Pharos the Egyptian (Esprios Classics) by Guy Boothby

This powerful novel is weird and soul-thrilling.--The Scotsman.
Cyril Forrester, a young Englishman traveling on the Continent, chances to meet a secretive old man and his ward, a lovely young violinist named Valerie. Enthralled by Valerie's beauty and disturbed by the elderly Egyptian's depravity, Forrester follows the couple around Europe. A sinister plot is slowly revealed, in which a mummy's curse threatens to destroy the Western world.
Victorian readers had a passion for tales of mystery and intrigue in exotic settings, especially those involving supernatural powers. This ripping yarn was created by one of the era's most popular writers of sensationalistic fiction. Pharos, the Egyptian is thought to have inspired the classic horror film The Mummy, and its gripping, action-packed story remains an enduringly compelling tale.
Dover (2016) republication of the edition originally published by D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1899.
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Guy Newell Boothby (1867 - 1905) was an Australian author and writer best known for his fantastic stories published in pulp periodicals at the turn of the century. He spent most of his time in England. The Dr Nikola series, about an esoteric criminal mastermind who is a Victorian predecessor to Fu Manchu, and Pharos, the Egyptian, a tale of Gothic Egypt, mummy curses, and otherworldly revenge, are among his best-known works. George Orwell remembered Rudyard Kipling as a friend and mentor, and his novels with fondness.