Moses the Lawgiver (novel)
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| Author | Thomas Keneally |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Publisher | Harper and Row |
Publication date | 1975 |
| Publication place | Australia |
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| Pages | 221 pp |
| ISBN | 0060647736 |
| Preceded by | Blood Red, Sister Rose |
| Followed by | Gossip from the Forest |
Moses the Lawgiver (1975) is a novel by Australian writer Thomas Keneally.[1] The novel is based on the British television series "Moses the Lawgiver", for which Anthony Burgess wrote the script.[2]
Story outline
[edit]The novel follows the story of the biblical figure Moses who found the Ten Commandments and parted the Red Sea.
Critical reception
[edit]In her review of the book in The Australian Women's Weekly Nicola Worsley concluded: "I will admit to being beguiled by the whole publication. Thomas Keneally, with a novelist's imagination and insight, has taken familiar and unfamiliar aspects of Moses' life to bring to interesting reality this dramatic tale."[3]
See also
[edit]- 1975 in Australian literature
- Moses the Lawgiver - 6-hour British television miniseries transmitted in 1973 and 1974