Pillar of Fire
by Judith Tarr
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Brought in chains as a slave girl to the court of ancient Egypt, Nofret knew intimately the key players in an extraordinary era: the pharaoh Akhenaten, who defied the ancient Egyptian deities to worship the One True God; his beautiful queen, Nefertiti; Tutankhamon, the young boy-king murdered in a ruthless struggle for power; Johanan, the handsome young Hebrew laborer who captured her heart and made her a traveler on a miraculous journey; and the legendary prophet and lawgiver who came out show more of the desert to defy Egypt's power and lead his people out of captivity.Acclaimed as one of the finest authors of historical novels today, Judith Tarr has crafted a daring and provocative new interpretation of a crucial turning point in human history.
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Judith Tarr was born in Augusta, Maine on January 30, 1955. She received a B.A. in Latin and English from Mount Holyoke College, an M.A. in Classics from Cambridge University, and an M.A. and a Ph.D. in Medieval studies from Yale University. She is the author of more than twenty novels including The Golden Horn, The Hound and the Falcon, Avaryan show more Rising, Alamut, The Daggar and the Cross, The Lord of Two Lands, Pillar of Fire, The Throne of Isis, White Mare's Daughter, Queen of Swords, Arrows of the Sun, and Spear of Heaven. She also wrote a juvenile book entitled His Majesty's Elephant. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original publication date
- 1995
- People/Characters
- Akhenaten; Ankhesenamun (Ankhesenpaaten); Nefertiti; Tutankhamun
- Important places
- Africa; Egypt; El Amarna, Egypt (Horizon of the Aten)
- Important events
- New Kingdom of Egypt; Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt; Amarna Period
- Epigraph
- You rise in beauty upon the horizon,
O living Aten, Creator, beginning of life.
When you come with the dawn on the eastern horizon,
All the earth is full of your beauty.
- THE GREAT HYMN TO THE ATEN - First words
- The queen was the most beautiful woman in the world.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Warm in his arms, tired beyond need of sleep, and ineffably happy, she watched the sun rise over the hills of Sinai.
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- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, General Fiction, Historical Fiction, Fantasy
- DDC/MDS
- 813.54 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1945-1999
- LCC
- PS3570 .A655 .P55 — Language and Literature American literature American literature Individual authors 1961-
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- English
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- ISBNs
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