Ramses: The Eternal Temple
By Christian Jacq
- Release Date: 2009-10-31
- Genre: Historical Fiction for Young Adults
Description
Second in the international bestselling saga that "makes Ancient Egypt as relevant and three-D as today's news" (J. Suzanne Frank, author of Reflections in the Nile).
The splendor and danger of ancient Egypt continue in the second volume of this magnificent saga. For Ramses, the Son of Light, the coronation has arrived. Now he will learn whether the friends of his youth—people such as Moses and the aging Greek poet, Homer—can truly be trusted. Shaanar, the young king's scheming older brother, still has designs on the crown, and in the shadows, the machinations of a mysterious sorcerer threaten the throne.
Praise for Ramses: The Son of Light
"He died three thousand years ago. But he is still the literary star of the year. The Ramses II saga . . . is a must-read bestseller." —Paris Match
"It's Dallas or Dynasty in Egypt, with a hero (Ramses), beautiful women, plenty of villains, new developments every two pages, brothers fighting for power, magic, enchantments, and historical glamour." —Libération
"He's a pyramid-surfer. The pharaoh of publishing. His saga about Ramses II is a bookselling phenomenon." —Le Parisien
"[Jacq's] penmanship turns history into a great show, high quality entertainment." —VSD
"Officially, Christian Jacq was born in Paris in 1947. In fact, his real birth took place in the time of the pharaohs, along the banks of the Nile, where the river carries eternal messages . . . Who could ever tell that Christian Jacq, Ramses' official scribe, was not writing from memory?" —Magazine Littéraire
