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Historical person
c. 14th century BCE–c. 14th century BCE
Hattusili III was a Hittite king who seized the throne after a successful military and administrative career. He concluded the famous peace treaty and dynastic alliance with Ramesses II, while defending his legitimacy against the claims of the displaced royal line.
Christian Jacq’s The Lady of Abu Simbel is set after the shock of Kadesh, Ramesses seeks lasting settlement with the Hittites while also securing his legacy through monuments, diplomacy and family bonds.
Series
The Ramses series follows Ramesses II from youth and accession through war, diplomacy, temple building, family conflict and old age. The books present the Nineteenth Dynasty as a world of divine kingship, palace rivalry, Hittite confrontation and monumental ambition. The sequence is biographical in shape, using the long…
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