Rameses, heir to the throne of Egypt in the eleventh century B.C., commands armies, takes lovers and grows furious at the wealth and power of the priests of Amon. When he becomes Pharaoh he resolves to break their hold over the treasury and the land, and finds them far more cunning than he.
The Polish masterpiece Faraon, in Jeremiah Curtin’s translation, a political novel about power disguised as ancient history. Download the free EPUB.