September 19, 2006

Mika Waltari

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Waltari was a Finnish author, best known for the historical novel The Egyptian (1945), which chronicles the rise and fall of the Pharaoh Akhenaten and was hailed by Egyptologists for its historical accuracy. Its theme of corruption of humanist values in a materialist world seems curiously topical in the aftermath of World War II. The book became an international bestseller, serving as the basis for the 1954 Hollywood movie of the same name. How many novels did Waltari write?
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