The Flaming Sword

by Christian Jacq

Book 3 in the Queen of Freedom Trilogy series.

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The final volume follows the Theban campaign as the fight against Hyksos power moves toward decisive confrontation and reunification. Ahhotep’s political authority and the efforts of the royal house help carry Egypt from occupation into the first phase of New Kingdom recovery. The novel closes the trilogy by treating liberation as both a military victory and the restoration of Egyptian order after a divided age.

Historical periods

Ancient Egypt Second Intermediate Period of Egypt Hyksos Rule in Egypt Theban War against the Hyksos Fall of Avaris and Expulsion of the Hyksos

Genres

War Fiction

Historical people

Seqenenre Taoc. 1590s BCE–1555 BCE Ahhotep I1561 BCE–1531 BCE Kamosec. 17th century BCE–1550 BCE Ahmose I1561 BCE–1526 BCE Apepic. 17th century BCE–1541 BCE