Prince of Egypt.

WILSON, Dorothy Clarke.

Item Number: 120394

Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1949.

First edition of this work, basis for the classic 1956 film The Ten Commandments. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by Dorothy Clarke Wilson on the front free endpaper. Fine in a very good dust jacket.

A brilliant work of biblical fiction by Dorothy Clarke Wilson, The Prince of Egypt was immediately embraced by the public when first published in 1949. The novel became an inspiration for the 1956 film, The Ten Commandments -- now a classic in its own right. It is a wonderfully entertaining and well-researched story of Moses from his teenage years through early manhood when he rejects his royal lifestyle upon learning of his Hebrew birth and becomes a shepherd among his own people. After centuries of slavery and bondage, with God’s help, Moses eventually leads the Jewish people to freedom.