Roman, Christian and Early Islamic Egypt

This collection follows Egypt through more than five centuries of profound religious and political change. The Emperor and A Thorny Path depict Roman Egypt at the height of imperial rule, while Homo Sum and Serapis move into the Christian transformation of late antiquity, when traditional pagan institutions and beliefs were increasingly challenged. The Bride of the Nile brings the sequence into the seventh century and the Arab conquest of Egypt. Together the novels portray Alexandria, the Nile Valley and the surrounding deserts as successive empires and faiths reshape one of the ancient world’s most enduring civilisations.