Pharos, the Egyptian: The Classic Mummy Tale of Romance and Revenge

＂＂This powerful novel is weird and soul-thrilling.＂ -- The Scotsman. Victorian readers had a passion for tales of mystery and intrigue in exotic settings, especially those involving supernatural powers. In a chiller thought to inspire the classic horror film The Mummy, one of the era’s most popular writers of sensationalistic fiction spins a sinister yarn in which a mummy’s curse threatens to destroy the Western world＂--