Ramses: The Temple of a Million Years

Name: Ramses: The Temple of a Million Years
Rating: 4.4 (296 reviews)

by Christian Jacq Book 2 in the Ramses series.

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Ramesses has become pharaoh and must turn inheritance into effective rule. He faces court rivals, priestly interests, foreign pressure and the need to prove that his reign can embody both power and sacred legitimacy. The novel follows his early kingship, including the building programme and political consolidation that begin to define him as Ramesses the Great.

Kingship here is presented as a continuous performance of authority: temples, monuments, ceremonies and military preparedness all help persuade Egypt that the new pharaoh deserves obedience. Ramesses’s building ambitions are therefore political as well as religious, while resistance from priests and courtiers tests whether inherited status can be converted into durable personal power.