by Boris de Rachewiltz, Valentí Gómez i Oliver · Editora y Distribuidora Hispano Americana, S.A. · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9788435018302
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«El ojo del faraón» is the historical novel by Boris de Rachewiltz and Valentí Gómez i Oliver, published by Edhasa in paperback (320 pages, in Spanish).
It narrates the final years of Neferkara Pepi and the last crisis of the Sixth Dynasty, when only the courtier Ipuwer dares to show the pharaoh the truth about his people. Inspired by the «Papiro de la revolución» and other sources, the plot combines that political tension with scenes of gardens, celestial phenomena, symbolic animals, and popular festivals.
It is volume 330 of Edhasa's Pocket collection; the Spanish edition was published on May 5, 2009.
Recommended for readers of historical fiction and for those seeking fiction set in ancient Egypt with a documentary basis.
Boris de Rachewiltz (1926–1997) was an Italian Egyptologist and writer on Africa and the ancient world.
