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  Sphinx's Princess: Book 1

  Sphinx's Princess

  by Esther M. Friesner

  Nefertiti was far more than just a pretty face. Nefertiti may be the dutiful daughter of a commoner, but her inquisitive mind often gets her into situations that are far from ordinary, like receiving secret lessons from a scribe. And she’s the kind of girl who acts first, and apologizes later whenever she witnesses injustice or cruelty. But she is also extraordinarily beautiful. And news of her striking beauty... (more)
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  Theban plays: Book 1

  Oedipus the King

  by Sophocles

  (Also known as Oedipus Rex) One of the greatest of the classic Greek tragedies and a masterpiece of dramatic construction. Catastrophe ensues when King Oedipus discovers he has inadvertently killed his father and married his mother. Masterly use of dramatic irony greatly intensifies impact of agonizing events. Sophocles’ finest play, Oedipus Rex ranks as a towering landmark of Western drama.
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  Theban plays: Book 3

  Antigone

  by Sophocles

  Filled with passionate speeches and sensitive probing of moral and philosophical issues, this powerful and often-performed Greek drama reveals the grim fate that befalls the children of Oedipus.
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  Mara, Daughter of the Nile

  by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

  The adventures of an ingenious Egyptian slave girl who undertakes a dangerous assignment as a spy in the royal palace of Thebes, in the days when Queen Hatshepsut ruled.
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  The Thebes Chronicles: Book 1

  The Mummy Maker's Daughter

  A Novel of Ancient Egypt

  by Jens E. Huebner

  The Mummy Maker's Daughter returns us to a land steeped in mystery and magic. The detailed storytelling paints a picture of ancient Egypt in all its glory. Jens E. Huebner has woven a delightfully dark tale around what must have been the most remarkable period of Egyptian history... So stoke up the fire, draw the curtains and put your feet up in order to enjoy this delightfull tale of love, intrigues and mummies... (more)
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  Theban plays

  The Oedipus Cycle

  Oedipus Rex / Oedipus at Colonus / Antigone

  by Sophocles

  To Laius, King of Thebes, an oracle foretold that the child born to him by his queen Jocasta would slay his father and wed his mother. So when in time a son was born the infant's feet were riveted together and he was left to die on Mount Cithaeron. But a shepherd found the babe and tended him, and delivered him to another shepherd who took him to his master, the King or Corinth. Polybus being childless adopted the... (more)
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  Lion of Macedon

  by David Gemmell

  Over and again, the aged seeress Tamis scried all the possible tomorrows. In every one, dark forces threatened Greece; terrible evil was poised to reenter the world. The future held only one hope: a half-caste Spartan boy, Parmenion. So Tamis made it her mission to see that Parmenion would before the deadliest warrior in the world -- no matter what the cost. Raised to manhood in Sparta, bullied and forced to fight... (more)
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  The Greco-Persian Wars

  by Peter Green

  The long and bitter struggle between the great Persian Empire and a few Greek states, notably Athens, lasted from 490 to 479 B.C., reaching its high point with the extraordinary Greek victory at Salamis in 480. Peter Green brilliantly retells this historic conflict, evoking events the whole dramatic sweep of the events that the Persian offensive set in motion. 16 illustrations. 12 maps.
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  The Greek and Persian Wars 499-386 BC

  by Philip De Souza

  This book covers one of the defining periods of European history. The series of wars between the Classical Greeks and the Persian Empire produced the famous battles of Marathon, Thermopylae and Salamis, as well as an ill-fated attempt to overthrow the Persian king in 400 BC, which helped to inspire the conquests of Alexander the Great.To tell the story of these momentous events, of the lives of great men and... (more)
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  Lord Meren Mysteries: Book 2

  Murder at the God's Gate

  by Lynda S. Robinson

  "DELIGHTFUL. . . Robinson makes ancient Thebes come alive as she describes the personalities, clothing, golden jewelry, the intrigue, and the smells of the desert, the terrors of a hippo hunt." --San Francisco Examiner When a priest dies in a mysterious fall from atop a statue of Tutankhamun, many consider the death a fateful one for the fourteen-year-old pharaoh and his reign. Indeed, the Hittites are already at... (more)
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  Lords of the Two Lands: Book 2

  The Oasis

  by Pauline Gedge

  In this second volume of the Lords of the Two Lands trilogy, Kamose, austere eldest son of the slain Tao prince Seqenenra, assumes leadership of the Egyptian rebellion against the foreign Hyksos rulers and begins a perilous sweep north, up the river Nile, toward the delta strongholds of his enemy, the Pharaoh Apepa. Supported by his brothers and the women of his family, Kamose makes a desperate effort to vanquish... (more)
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  Lords of the Two Lands

  The Horus Road: Lords of the Two Lands: Volume 3

  by Pauline Gedge

  In this, the last book of the trilogy, the youngest son of Seqenenra Tao assumes command of the native armies rebelling against the Pharaoh Apepa, whose alien dynasty has ruled Egypt for two hundred years. When his dedicated but ascetic older brother, Kamose, was assassinated by his own allies, Ahmose was seriously wounded. The women of the family must hold the native forces together until Ahmose can recover and... (more)
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  The Histories

  by Herodotus

  The word "history" derives from the Greek word for "inquiry". Combining his encyclopaedic interests and curiosity about the customs and workings of humankind, the "Father of History" gives us an unforgettable account of the great clash between Greece and the Persian Empire. In his matchless study of persons, places, and events, Herodotus recounts the rise of Lydia, and the ascendancy of the kingdom of Persia under... (more)
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  Long War: Book 1

  Killer of Men

  by Christian Cameron

  Arimnestos is a farm boy when war breaks out between the citizens of his native Plataea and and their overbearing neighbours, Thebes. Standing in the battle line - the wall of bronze - for the first time, alongside his father and brother, he shares in a famous and unlikely victory. But after being knocked unconscious in the melee, he awakes not a hero, but a slave. Betrayed by his jealous and cowardly cousin, the... (more)
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  Egyptian diary : the journal of Nakht

  by Richard Platt

  Who is plundering the tombs of ancient Memphis? A boy and his sister solve the mystery in this fictional diary full of intriguing details about daily life in Egypt 3,500 years ago.
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  Egyptian mysteries : new light on ancient knowledge

  by Lucie Lamy

  The knowledge and art of the ancient Egyptians is still enigmatic. The Egyptian view of creation, life, and death can be understood only in the light of other traditions of spiritual growth and development, and in that of modern science. Size D. 173 illustrations, 14 in color.
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  Rai Rahotep Trilogy: Book 2

  Tutankhamun

  The Book of Shadows

  by Nick Drake

  As Egypt's young king is crowned, a vicious killer waits in the shadows. . . . Egypt's next Pharaoh, the young Tutankhamun, is ready to claim his birthright—a vast, powerful, and sophisticated empire. It should be at the height of its glory, but it is troubled by long-lasting foreign wars, public dissent, and internal struggles. With his new wife, Ankhesenamun, the daughter of Nefertiti, Tutankhamun undertakes... (more)
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  Oedipus Tyrannus (A Norton Critical Edition)

  by Sophocles

  This translation is for the contemporary reader. Specifically commissioned for stage production, it rings easily on the modern ear and yet remains faithful to Sophocles' original, avoiding the archaisms of other translations. The text is accompanied by a wealth of carefully chosen background materials and essays. "Passages from Ancient Authors" includes selections from Homer's Odyssey , Thucydides'... (more)
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  Luminous Airplanes: A Novel

  by Paul LaFarge

  A decade after the publication of Haussmann, or the Distinction, his acclaimed novel about nineteenth-century Paris, Paul La Farge turns his imagination to America at the dawn of the twenty-first century. In September 2000, a young programmer comes home from a fes­tival in the Nevada desert and learns that his grandfather has died, and that he has to return to Thebes, a town which is so isolated that its... (more)
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  The Tear Jar

  by D. E. Powell

  "Upon finishing this novel you will understand you have just read an epic adventure in the Greek tradition, as stirring as any told." Standford James, author "Dragon Kill." In Thebes, 335 BCE, twelve year old Nicholas enjoys a carefree life with his affluent family. His biggest concerns are keeping up with chores on the farm and his bossy older brother, Andreas. That is until Alexander the Great comes to town... (more)