Ancient Egypt
The Final Crossing: A Tale of Self-Discovery and Adventure
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The Final Crossing is, in essence, a coming-of-age tale of Nenshi, a young Egyptian. Bought, aged eight, from a slave merchant, Nenshi is ...Read Review
Pharaohs of the Sun: How Egypt’s Despots and Dreamers Drove the Rise and Fall of Tutankhamun’s Dynasty
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The familiar image of the glory of ancient Egypt includes Cleopatra, the Pyramids, the temples of Karnak, and the treasures of King Tutankhamun. ...Read Review
The War That Made the Roman Empire: Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium
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Actium, fought on September 2nd in 31 BC, is surely one of the most decisive battles in history, but until I read this book ...Read Review
The Oracle of Avaris (Secrets of the Sands, 3)
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Lower Egypt, 3500 BCE. In this third book in the Secrets of the Sands trilogy, the story continues nonstop from the previous volume. As ...Read Review
Disappearance of a Scribe (Eye of Isis)
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47 BCE. Caesar has returned to Rome, and Cleopatra VII must bring back order to Alexandria. Tetisheri, her Eye of Isis, records her cases ...Read Review
Nile Cat
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In December 1871, 14-year-old twins Rose and Lily accompany their mother and Egyptologist father to Egypt. After Rose is given a small cat statue, ...Read Review
Cleopatra: The Queen Who Challenged Rome and Conquered Eternity
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Popular Italian historian Angela’s docudrama covers a crucial fourteen years of Roman history, complete with feasts, battles, and two legendary love affairs. ...Read Review
Jewel of the Nile
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AD 56. Chariline has always been told that her father, the man who spoiled her late Roman mother, is dead. With her morose aunt, ...Read Review
The North Wind Descends (The Lord Hani Mysteries)
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1340 BCE. Tensions are high in Kemet under the sun king, Akhenaten, who has just named his brother Smenkhkare as co-regent. During a commission ...Read Review
Pharaoh’s Shadow
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In 2012, an investigation led by Dr. Zahi Hawass, former Egyptian Minister of Antiquities, discovered that the mummy of Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses III (r. 1187/6...Read Review