The Throne of Osiris (häftad)
Format
Inbunden (Hardback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
588
Utgivningsdatum
2022-05-25
Förlag
FriesenPress
Översättare
P Ursyn Meissner
Illustrationer
Black & white illustrations
Dimensioner
229 x 152 x 37 mm
Vikt
1012 g
Antal komponenter
1
Komponenter
411:B&W 6 x 9 in or 229 x 152 mm Gray Digital Cloth Cover w/Jacket on Creme w/Matte Lam
ISBN
9781525567452

The Throne of Osiris

(a tale of Ancient Egypt)

Inbunden,  Engelska, 2022-05-25
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Egypt circa 1100 BCE - trouble comes to the highest spheres of government of this ancient empire. Pharaoh's rule has been rendered largely symbolic. The kingdom's nobility has fallen on hard times. Subjected to abuse and misery, the masses of common people are ripe for revolt.
Twenty-two-year-old Crown Prince Ramses is a man of action and of conflicting traits. Charismatic bold and stubborn, but also reasonable and possessing a deep sense of fair play, he sets into motion policies to avert a coming crisis. But he comes up against Egypt's entrenched High Council of Archpriests who act to thwart the prince's efforts. Conflict ensues. The nation and the army all side with the young ruler, as do government officials and even many of the younger priests. The council has only their wealth, about a thousand allies, barely a few military units, and an unusually smart organizing ability. As uneven as these odds are the outcome is far from certain, and especially when Egypt's gods choose sides. The consequent power struggle threatens the ancient world with the collapse of the social order.
The Throne of Osiris is a saga of intrigue and subterfuge, flush with details and complex characters-an epic account of crisis in government and the struggle for dominance. This classic tale offers a rich depiction of life in ancient Egypt, the structure of its society, its religious beliefs, its architecture, and traditions. It is a study in the raw mechanisms of power and explores the attempts of the young to govern and to right society's ills.
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Bolesaw Prus (1847-1912) was the Polish novelist who penned the original work under the title, The Pharaoh. It is an allegory of a reality that Prus was not free to write about due to censorship at the time. In the story, he managed to couch the plight of his native Poland in the 1800s.

Peter Meissner, the translator of The Throne of Osiris, lives in Ontario, Canada.