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| Author | Thomas Keneally |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Publisher | Harper and Row |
| Publication date | 1975 |
| Publication place | Australia |
| Media type | |
| 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. The novel is based on the British television series "Moses the Lawgiver", for which Anthony Burgess wrote the script.
Story outline
The novel follows the story of the biblical figure Moses who found the Ten Commandments and parted the Red Sea.
Critical reception
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."
See also
- 1975 in Australian literature
- Moses the Lawgiver - 6-hour British television miniseries transmitted in 1973 and 1974
References
- National Library of Australia - Moses the Lawgiver by Thomas Keneally
- Austlit - Moses the Lawgiver by Thomas Keneally
- "Books" reviewed by Nicola Worsley, The Australian Women's Weekly, 21 July 1976, p101