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Three novels of ancient Egypt : Khufu's wisdom ; Rhadopis of Nubia ; Thebes at war / Naguib Mahfouz ; with an introduction by Nadine Gordimer.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Arabic Series: Everyman's library ; 305Publisher: London : Everyman's Library, 2007Description: xlix, 591 pages : map ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781841593050 (hbk.)
  • 9780307266248
  • 0307266249
Other title:
  • Khufu's wisdom ; Rhadopis of Nubia ; Thebes at war
Uniform titles:
  • Novels. Selections. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 23 892.736 MAH 023128
Summary: "From Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz: the three magnificent novels - published in an omnibus edition for the first time - that form an ancient-Egyptian counterpart to his famous Cairo Trilogy." "Mahfouz reaches back thousands of years to bring us tales from his homeland's majestic early history - tales of the Egyptian nobility and of war, star-crossed love, and the divine rule of the pharaohs. In Khufu's Wisdom, the legendary Fourth Dynasty monarch faces the prospect of the end of his rule and the possibility that his daughter has fallen in love with the man prophesied to be his successor. Rhadopis of Nubia is the unforgettable story of the charismatic young Pharaoh Merenra II and the ravishing courtesan Rhadopis, whose love affair makes them the envy of all Egyptian society. And Thebes at War tells the epic story of Egypt's victory over the Asiatic foreigners who dominated the country for two centuries."--Jacket.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. xxx-xxxi).

"From Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz: the three magnificent novels - published in an omnibus edition for the first time - that form an ancient-Egyptian counterpart to his famous Cairo Trilogy." "Mahfouz reaches back thousands of years to bring us tales from his homeland's majestic early history - tales of the Egyptian nobility and of war, star-crossed love, and the divine rule of the pharaohs. In Khufu's Wisdom, the legendary Fourth Dynasty monarch faces the prospect of the end of his rule and the possibility that his daughter has fallen in love with the man prophesied to be his successor. Rhadopis of Nubia is the unforgettable story of the charismatic young Pharaoh Merenra II and the ravishing courtesan Rhadopis, whose love affair makes them the envy of all Egyptian society. And Thebes at War tells the epic story of Egypt's victory over the Asiatic foreigners who dominated the country for two centuries."--Jacket.

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