by Christian Jacq · Bertrand Editora · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789722510493
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«O Faraó Negro» is the historical novel by Christian Jacq, published by Bertrand Editora in paperback (324 pages, in Portuguese).
In Egypt after Ramses, corruption reigns and the gods are forgotten. Piankin, the black pharaoh of Nubia, rules the south with justice and wants to reunify the empire. His dream clashes with the ambitious Libyan prince Tefnakhte, who imposes his rule by force; war will decide the fate of an ancient civilization.
Portuguese edition published in 1998, translated by Maria do Carmo Abreu; the French original, «Le Pharaon Noir», appeared in 1985.
Aimed at readers of historical fiction and fiction set in ancient Egypt, with a plot of power struggles and war.
Christian Jacq is a French author and Egyptologist. He has written several novels about ancient Egypt, notably a five book series about pharaoh Ramses II, a character whom Jacq admires greatly.
