{"product_id":"pharos-the-egyptian-by-guy-boothby-9781537698120","title":"Pharos, the Egyptian. By: Guy Boothby (Original Version)","description":"Guy Newell Boothby (13 October 1867 - 26 February 1905) was a prolific Australian novelist and writer, noted for sensational fiction in variety magazines around the end of the nineteenth century. He lived mainly in England. He is best known for such works as the Dr Nikola series, about an occultist criminal mastermind who is a Victorian forerunner to Fu Manchu, and Pharos, the Egyptian, a tale of Gothic Egypt, mummies' curses and supernatural revenge. Rudyard Kipling was his friend and mentor, and his books were remembered with affection by George Orwell oothby was born in Adelaide to a prominent family in the recently established British colony of South Australia. 2] His father was Thomas Wilde Boothby,  3] who for a time was a member of the South Australian Legislative Assembly, three of his uncles were senior colonial administrators, and his grandfather was Benjamin Boothby (1803-1868), controversial judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia from 1853 to 1867. 4] When Boothby was aged approximately seven his English-born mother, whom he held in great regard, separated from his father and returned with her children to England. There he received a traditional English grammar school education at Salisbury, Lord Weymouth's Grammar (now Warminster School) and Christ's Hospital, Londo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Guy Boothby\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1537698125\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781537698120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/16\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.38d","brand":"Guy Boothby","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46136061395199,"sku":"9781537698120","price":11.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1b7d876b-fac8-4c3e-91f3-4e684f207dd7.jpg?v=1726415568","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pharos-the-egyptian-by-guy-boothby-9781537698120","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}