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The Egyptian Sequence

Tutankhamun and the Daughter of Ra

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Tutankhamun and the Daughter of Ra is part of the ‘Egyptian’ sequence, which also includes Akhenaten: Son of the Sun and Hatshepsut: Daughter of Amun. Chronologically, Hatshepsut: Daughter of Ra is the last book of the sequence. From the blurb on the Arrow edition: Ankhesenamun has never been safe in all her short life – [...]

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Hatshepsut: Daughter of Amun

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Ancient Egypt 3500 years ago – a land ruled by the all-powerful female king, Hatshepsut. Ambitious, ruthless and worldly: a woman who established Amun as the chief god of Egypt, bestowing his Priesthood with unprecedented riches and power. But how secure is Hatshepsut’s power against the claims of the man whose throne she has usurped? [...]

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Akhenaten: Son of the Sun

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I tell you this three millennia after these events took place. Mark them well. They did not end with my death, and they will not end with yours. In ancient Egypt during the magnificent eighteenth dynasty the Pharaoh Akhenaten and his queen, the strong and beautiful Nefertiti, are engaged in a dramatic battle against the [...]

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