An Idol of Bronze is a novel written by Louise Palmer Heaven and published in 1901. The story is set in Egypt and revolves around the discovery of a bronze statue of the Egyptian god Osiris. The statue is believed to be cursed, and those who possess it are said to suffer from misfortune and death. The protagonist of the story, an Englishman named Cyril Forrester, becomes obsessed with the statue and acquires it despite the warnings of the locals...