Beneath the Pyramid by Christian Jacq
The first in a new trilogy by Christian Jacq, BENEATH THE PYRAMID is a gripping novel of suspense which takes place during the reign of Ramses the Great. A young, intelligent, incorruptible novice judge, Pazair, is called to Memphis to investigate the mysterious deaths of five guards standing watch over the sphinx at Giza. His inquiries unearth a plot to overthrow Ramses, and with the help of Souti, a former scribe, and the beautiful Nefertet, a young doctor, he sets out to discover the truth. But can he survive in the process?
The first title in yet another series set in Ancient Egypt by the author of the Ramses sequence, which has sold 11m copies worldwideReplete with fascinating period detail, this new book is the first in a gripping Ancient Egyptian police procedural. Summoned from a small province in the south to the large town of Memphis to investigate the mysterious deaths of five guards standing watch over the tomb of Kheops, young novice judge Pazair finds himself unearthing an evil plot to overthrow the Pharaoh Ramses the Great. With the help of his friend, the scribe Scouti, and the beautiful doctor Nefertiti, Pazair must outwit the conspirators to save his own skin - and to prevent the murder of the greatest Pharaoh of them all.
Born in Paris in 1947, Christian Jacq first visited Egypt when he was seventeen, went on to study Egyptology and archaeology at the Sorbonne, and is now one of the world's leading Egyptologists. He is the author of the internationally bestselling RAMSES series, THE PLACE OF TRUTH series and the stand-alone novel, THE BLACK PHARAOH. Christian Jacq lives in Switzerland.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780684840611 |
| ISBN 10 | 0684840618 |
| Title | Beneath the Pyramid |
| Author | Christian Jacq |
| Series | Judge Of Egypt S |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Year published | 2004-03-01 |
| Number of pages | 377 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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