The undeniable transcendence of ancient Egypt (the first of the great civilizations that serves as the cultural and scientific cradle of the West), makes its consideration as a historical narrative in the hands of so many good novelists become a powerful genre of its own that transits in parallel to an Egyptology always mired in discoveries and interpretations of fascinating discoveries. for a civilization whose origin is lost more than 5.000 years ago.
Authors like Terenci moix, Nacho Ares, Pauline Gedge or Anthony Cabanas whom today we bring to this space in his practically full dedication to his stories on the banks of the Nile, are just examples of a narrative that takes advantage of and feeds on myths, on the magic of that remote world in which technological evolutions coexisted with dark myths, beliefs and deidas that walked the earth.
Of course, Isis, whom Antonio Cabanas recovers on this occasion for a new novel with aspirations to be one of the most complete fictionalized biographies, is a fascinating historical character, a woman who has come to power in the glorious empire in the face of all kinds of setbacks. But above all, the cradle and personification of the myth of life after death, of the immortal pharaohs, of the funeral rites and of their theatricality and great architecture that has survived to this day.
Synopsis: This is the story of a woman who defied the established order to become the most powerful pharaoh in Egypt. He ruled at the height of the country's splendor, when his army was the strongest in the world and the kingdom was enjoying great prosperity. And he left an immense legacy in the form of architectural works that still fascinate us today.
With rigor and a style as magical as the time he portrays, Antonio Cabanas immerses us in his life: his childhood, marked by the influence of his grandmother Nefertary; her early youth, in which she suffered the preeminence of her brothers over her; and her later stage when, convinced of her qualities to rule, she pursued her ambitions with the help of the royal priest and architect Senenmut. He was her accomplice in the palace intrigues and together they lived an exciting love story that has transcended to this day.
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