The Spell of Egypt is a 1910 travel book by the British writer Robert Hichens. It was originally published in 1908 as Egypt and Its Monuments. Hichens...
The story concerns a Guernseyman named Gilliatt, a social outcast who falls in love with Deruchette, the niece of a local shipowner, Mess Lethierry. W...
The book explores the efforts of the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives program, also known as the "Monuments Men," to locate and return stolen artwor...