Ramses. The Son of the Light, Christian Jacq

Condition:  GOOD 

Publisher:  Pocket books 

Publication date: 1998 

First Published 1997 

Format: Paperback 

Pages:  360 

Ramses #1 

About the book:  

Whenever the grandeur of ancient Egypt is evoked, there is one name which comes immediately to mind – Ramses II, the pharaoh who reigned for more than sixty years. 

Here, he is still only fourteen years old.  His father Seti, is worshipped by his people and has made his empire the most powerful in the world.  But who will be his successor?  Should it be his eldest son, Shanaar, a calculating schemer; or Ramses, still passionate and impetuous? 

Unbeknown to Ramses, Seti sets about teaching him his supreme duty.  But will Ramses escape the machinations of his brother?   And how will he choose between Iset the Fair and the mysterious Nefertari?  He has only three friends whom he can trust: Moses, his Hebrew schoolfriend; Setau, the snake charmer; and Ahmeni, the scribe.