 These evidently helped inspire Prus to write (1894–95) his sole historical novel, "Pharaoh".Ochorowicz provided Prus books on Egyptology that he had brought back from Paris.Also in 1893, Ochorowicz introduced Prus to the Italian Spiritualist, Eusapia Palladino, whom he had brought to Warsaw from her mediumistic tour in St. Petersburg, Russia.