Publication

2010 - Bloomsbury, London, England

Language

English

Word Count

161,500 words, Guess

Page Count

646 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780747599494
  • Open LibraryOL25555965M

Classifications

  • DDC932
  • LCCDT61 .W55 2010
  • LCCDT83 .W658 2010
and 2 more
  • LCCDT61 .W525 2010
  • LCCDT61

Description

The story of Ancient Egypt and the extraordinary civilisation that flourished along the banks of the River Nile can seem like a gorgeous pageant studded with exceptional events. Among them are the building of the pyramids, the conquest of Nubia, Akhenaten's religious revolution, the power and beauty of Nefertiti, the life and death of Tutankhamun, the ruthlessness of Ramesses, Alexander the Great's invasion, and Cleopatra's fatal entanglement with Rome which led to the fall of Ptolemaic Egypt. But while three thousand years of pharaonic civilisation have all the ingredients of an epic novel - glittering courts, dynastic intrigues, murky assassinations and epic battles; individual stories of heroism and skulduggery, of triumph and tragedy; and, powerful women and tyrannical kings - the real historical story is even more surprising and far more interesting.

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