In the sixth century BC the Persian king Cambyses asks for an Egyptian bride, and the pharaoh Amasis sends Nitetis to the court of Babylon. Ebers, an Egyptologist, follows her among Persian nobles, the young prince Bartja, Greek merchants and the jealous intrigues of the harem, building his story on what the historians Herodotus and the monuments tell.
A pioneering archaeological novel that made ancient Egypt and Persia vivid to Victorian readers. Download the free EPUB.