description: First published in the United States in 1949 and widely condemned as obscene, The Egyptian outsold every other novel published that year, and remains a classic; readers worldwide have testified to its life-changing power. It is a full-bodied re-creation of a largely forgotten era in the world’s history: the Egypt of the 14th century B.C.E., when pharaohs and gods contended with the near-collapse of history’s greatest empire. This epic tale encompasses the whole of the then-known world, from Babylon to Crete, from Thebes to Jerusalem, while centering around one unforgettable figure: Sinuhe, a man of mysterious origins who rises from the depths of degradation to become personal physician to Pharaoh Akhnaton.
language: English
title: The Egyptian
titlecomplete: The Egyptian
characters: Kaptah, Beketaten, Smenkhkare, Horemheb, Tutankhamun, Akhenaten, Nefertiti, Aziru, Sinuhe, Ay, Burna-Buriash II, Tiye
genres: Classics, Adventure, Historical, Finnish Literature, Novels, Egypt, Africa, Historical Fiction, Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 24271
places: Jerusalem, Gaza, Crete, Hattusa, Thebes, Memphis, Middle East, Babylon, Egypt, Mitanni, Smyrna, Akhetaten, Amurru, Mediterranean Sea
series: Sinuhe egyptiläinen
publisher: Bantam Books