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What if a journey to Mars leads not just to an ancient civilization, but to a daring gamble in wheat?
In Pharaoh's Broker, Ellsworth Douglass brings planetary adventure and the grain trade into the same story. A voyage to Mars opens the way to an ancient society, while a huge wheat speculation stretches across two worlds. The stakes lie in trade and risk as much as in the wonder of reaching another planet.
First published in 1899, this science fiction adventure belongs to the tradition of scientific romance. Its title brings together ancient kingship and the business of a broker: rulers and storehouses on one side, markets and bold speculation on the other. Travel, commerce and strange old civilizations meet in a tale with the odd humor of period adventure.
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- A voyage beyond Earth Follow a journey to Mars shaped by the wonder of early planetary adventure.
- An ancient society Explore the meeting of another planet and a civilization rooted in an old world.
- Wheat becomes an adventure Discover a story that puts a basic good of commerce at its center.
- A bold market gamble Encounter a huge wheat speculation whose reach extends across two worlds.
- The flavor of scientific romance Enjoy the blend of travel, business and wonder that gives this adventure its character.
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- Wheat, trade and risk
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Il broker del Faraone
by Ellsworth Douglass · 1899
A trader journeys to Mars, where an ancient civilization sets the stage for a bold gamble in wheat.
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Pharaoh's Broker is an early science fiction adventure by Ellsworth Douglass, an American author who died in 1933. It belongs to the age of pulp and scientific romance, when writers sent ordinary men to other planets and set them among strange old civilizations.
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An early planetary adventure
Pharaoh's Broker comes from the tradition of scientific romance. In those stories, a traveler leaves Earth and finds a world with its own peoples, customs and dangers. Mars was a favorite setting, because astronomers of the time spoke of canals and possible life there.
Travel and discovery sit at the center of the book. The reader is meant to feel the thrill of leaving the known world behind.
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What is Pharaoh's Broker about?
It is an early science fiction adventure that joins a journey to Mars, an ancient civilization and a huge wheat speculation, setting old kingship beside the habits of modern trade.
Who wrote Pharaoh's Broker?
Ellsworth Douglass, an American author who died in 1933. The book is his best-known work and belongs to the early scientific romance tradition.
What kind of book is Pharaoh's Broker?
It is a planetary romance, a type of early science fiction in which a traveler visits another world and meets strange peoples, customs and dangers.
The author
Ellsworth Douglass
1863–1933 · American author
Ellsworth Douglass was an American author, real-estate speculator, and insurance broker. He was born in 1863 and died in 1933. His novel Pharaoh’s Broker was published in 1899. He lived in the United States during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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