The Jewel of Seven Stars (Penguin Press)

Stoker, Bram

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141198648 ISBN 13: 9780141198644

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 2011

A mysterious attack on Margaret Trelawney’s father brings young lawyer Malcolm Ross into the Egyptologist’s bizarre home, and the couple soon find they are battling ancient forces greater than they previously could have imagined. The Egyptian queen Tera has been awoken, and is coming to take what she believes to be hers – whatever the cost to the Trelawney family. Set in London and Cornwall, and written at a time when a fascination with the East pervaded Victorian England, The Jewel of Seven Stars reflected the perceived contrast between the Orient’s savagery and moral degradation, and its exotic beauty and opulence.

From the Back Cover:

In the early hours of the morning a young lawyer is called to the home of a beautiful woman he has just met, where her archaeologist father lies in a coma, the victim of a mysterious attack. The injured man is discovered to be dabbling in ritual magic in an attempt to raise an ancient Egyptian queen from the dead. As the hour of his great experiment approaches, a deadly supernatural struggle begins. First published in 1903 as a successor to Dracula, this original version of the novel has never been reprinted before. This edition also includes the alternative ending for the 1912 revised edition.

About the Author:

Abraham 'Bram' Stoker (1847-1912) was best known for his vampire novel Dracula(1897). His other works include The Mystery of the Sea (1902), The Jewel of the Seven Stars (1903), The Man (1905) and The Lair of the White Worm (1911).

Kate Hebblethwaite is a Research Fellow at Trinity College, Dublin. She has published a number of articles on popular fiction authors of the nineteenth and twentieth century.