The Key of Life
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| Author | Francis Brett Young |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Drama |
| Publisher | Heinemann |
Publication date | 1928 |
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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.
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[]
- ^ Hall p.167
Bibliography[]
- Michael Hall. Francis Brett Young. Seren, 1997.
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