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Historical person
1218 BCE–1156 BCE
Ramesses III was a pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty often regarded as the last major ruler of the New Kingdom. His inscriptions celebrate victories over Libyan forces and the Sea Peoples, but his reign also faced economic strain, labour unrest and a palace conspiracy that led to his death.
In Pauline Gedge’s House of Dreams, her beauty and ambition eventually carry her into the household of Ramesses III, where access to the pharaoh promises influence but makes every private choice politically dangerous. In Pauline Gedge’s House of Illusions, the box contains the account of Thu’s life and threatens men who have prospered by concealing their part in the conspiracy against Ramesses III.
Series
Thu’s Houses follows an ambitious healer from the village of Aswat into the court of Ramesses III and then into the consequences of the Harem Conspiracy. House of Dreams charts Thu’s education, her entry into the royal household and her growing involvement with officials who intend to alter…
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