The Key of Life is a 1928 novel by the British writer Francis Brett Young.[1] It was part of a group of cultural works that acknowledged a new Egyptomania in the wake of the discovery of Tutankhamun tomb by Howard Carter in 1922.
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Author | Francis Brett Young |
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Language | English |
Genre | Drama |
Publisher | Heinemann (UK) Knopf (US) |
Publication date | 1928 |
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Ruth Morgan, a young woman living in a village in the Welsh borders, falls in love with an archaeologist working on a nearby dig after he falls ill. She follows him to Egypt where he is employed on a major excavation.
References
edit- ^ Hall p.167
Bibliography
edit- Michael Hall. Francis Brett Young. Seren, 1997.
External links
edit- Full text of The Key of Life at HathiTrust Digital Library