Pharaoh

Name: Pharaoh
Rating: 4.2 (11403 reviews)

by Wilbur Smith Book 6 in the Ancient Egyptian Series series.

First published 2016

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Ancient Egypt is under attack and Pharaoh Tamose is mortally wounded. Taita helps defeat the immediate enemy but returns to Luxor to find that the cruel Utteric has taken the throne and regards the general as a rival. The struggle develops during the wars against Hyksos power, but Smith concentrates on the danger that victory over an external enemy may deliver Egypt to an equally destructive ruler.

Taita supports Utteric’s brother Rameses while facing imprisonment, court intrigue and a new struggle over legitimate rule. The conflict links defence against foreign enemies to a civil contest over who can reunify and govern Egypt. Taita’s loyalty to the state is tested against obedience to the enthroned king, turning succession into a question of whether legitimacy can survive tyranny.