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Historical person
c. 20th century BCE–1843 BCE
Senusret III was a pharaoh of the Twelfth Dynasty noted for military and administrative consolidation. He campaigned in Nubia, built fortresses along the Nile frontier and was remembered as a forceful ruler who strengthened central authority.
In Christian Jacq’s The Tree of Life, the young scribe Iker is drawn into the danger surrounding the sanctuary while Pharaoh Senusret III faces enemies who understand the power of ritual as well as politics. In Christian Jacq’s The Great Secret, Iker, Senusret III and the guardians of Abydos face the last stages of a conflict in which spiritual knowledge, royal duty and the survival of Egypt have become inseparable. Other novels featuring Senusret III include Christian Jacq’s The Way of Fire and Christian Jacq’s The Conspiracy of Evil.
Series
The Mysteries of Osiris series is set in Middle Kingdom Egypt during the reign of Senusret III. It follows the young scribe Iker into a conspiracy surrounding the sacred Tree of Life at Abydos, where royal authority, religious ritual and hidden enemies are bound together. The sequence combines…
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