Ramses: The Lady of Abu Simbel - Volume IV

Critical Praise

Critics Salute Ramses

"He died three thousand years ago. But he is still the literary star of the year. the Ramses saga#is a must-read bestseller." -Paris Match

"A plot as sinuous as the river Nile, with characters lying like crocodiles in the shallows#.this book makes ancient Egypt as relevant and 3-D as today's news." -J. Suzanne Frank, author of Reflections in the Nile

"Officially, Christian Jacq was born in Paris in 1947. In fact, his real birth took place in the time of the pharaohs, along the banks of the Nile, where the river carries eternal messages.#Who could ever tell that Christian Jacq, Ramses' official scribe, was not writing from memory?" -Magazine Litt#raire

"With hundreds of thousands of readers, millions of copies in print, Christian Jacq's success has become unheard of in the world of books. This man is the pharaoh of publishing!" -Figaro Magazine

"In 1235 B.C., Ramses II might have said: 'My life is as amazing as fiction!' It seems Christian Jacq heard him#.Christian Jacq draws a pleasure from writing that is contagious. His penmanship turns history into a great show, high-quality entertainment." -VSD

"It's Dallas or Dynasty in Egypt, with a hero (Ramses), beautiful women, plenty of villains, new developments every two pages, brothers fighting for power, magic, enchantments, and historical glamour." -Lib#ration

"He's a pyramid-surfer. The pharaoh of publishing. His saga about Ramses II is a bookselling phenomenon." -Le Parisien

"Moves at a breakneck pace....A lot of fun." -KLIATT