Boleslaw Prus

Boleslaw Prus (1847-1912) was the Polish novelist who penned the original work under the title The Pharaoh. It is allegorical of the reality that Prus was not free to comment on at the time due to censorship. In the story, he managed to couch the plight of his native Poland in the 1800s. Peter Meissner, the translator of The Throne of Osiris, lives in Ontario, Canada.

Boleslaw Prus (1847-1912) was the Polish novelist who penned the original work under the title The Pharaoh. It is allegorical of the reality that Prus was not free to comment on at the time due to censorship. In the story, he managed to couch the plight of his native Poland in the 1800s. Peter Meissner, the translator of The Throne of Osiris, lives in Ontario, Canada. See less