The King’s Man Trilogy

by Pauline Gedge 3 books in this series

The King’s Man trilogy follows Huy, a peasant-born child of Egypt’s Eighteenth Dynasty whose education, apparent death and unexpected recovery leave him with powers of healing and prophecy. The Twice Born and Seer of Egypt trace his transformation from ambitious schoolboy to a man whose predictions attract royal attention while binding him to religious obligations he does not fully understand.

The King’s Man brings Huy to the court of the young Amenhotep III, where spiritual authority becomes political power. Across the sequence, Pauline Gedge examines education, priesthood, dynastic succession and the burden of being treated as an instrument of the gods, while imagining how an obscure provincial figure could become one of Egypt’s most powerful advisers.

Reading order

Books in this series (3 books)

#1 – The Twice Born

Pauline Gedge

In the closing years of Thutmose III’s reign, the four-year-old Huy leaves his farming family at Hut-herib after a prosperous uncle arranges for him to receive a scribe’s education. At school in Innu, Huy’s intelligence and friendship with the governor’s son raise his prospects but also…

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#2 – Seer of Egypt

Pauline Gedge

Huy and Ishat live comfortably on the estate awarded after his prediction of an Egyptian victory, but Huy’s reputation as a healer and seer has made privacy impossible. He remains uneasy about the purpose of his abilities and about the king who continues to observe him…

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#3 – The King’s Man

Pauline Gedge

Huy enters the household of the young Amenhotep III and his mother, the regent Mutemwia, as an adviser whose reputation for prophecy already gives him influence beyond his formal position. Royal dependence and public reverence rapidly draw him into taxation, trade, military affairs and the rivalries…

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