The Jewel of Seven Stars is a horror novel by Irish writer Bram Stoker, first published by Heinemann in 1903. The story is a first-person narrative of a young man pulled into an archaeologist's plot to revive Queen Tera, an ancient Egyptian mummy. It explores common fin de siècle themes such as imperialism, the rise of the New Woman and feminism, and societal progress.
Cover of the first edition
Bram Stoker in 1906.
The Lyceum Theatre, where Stoker worked and was inspired to write melodramatic fiction.
An illustration of European men unwrapping a mummy, 1886.
Abraham "Bram" Stoker was an Irish author who is best known for writing the 1897 Gothic horror novel Dracula. During his lifetime, he was better known as the personal assistant of actor Sir Henry Irving and business manager of the West End's Lyceum Theatre, which Irving owned.
Stoker c. 1906
Bram Stoker's former home featuring a commemorative plaque, Kildare Street, Dublin
Stoker's residence at 18 St Leonard's Terrace, Chelsea, London
Blue plaque at the address