Christian Jacq
9 SeriesChristian Jacq is a French author and Egyptologist known for his historical fiction and non-fiction, notably the Ramses series. Inspired by Jacques Pirenne's work at age 13, he wrote his first novel and visited Egypt by 17. Jacq studied Egyptology and archaeology at Sorbonne, having published eight books by age 18.
In "The Empire of Darkness," the first book of Christian Jacq's Queen of Freedom series, Egypt faces devastation by the Hyksos, foreign invaders who enslave the pharaohs' land. Only Thebes holds out, led by Teti the Small, the last pharaoh's widow. With her reign threatened, Teti's hope lies with her eighteen-year-old daughter, Ahhotep. Known as Egypt's Joan of Arc, Ahhotep's fierce spirit drives her to single-handedly reignite the resistance against the Hyksos. Her courageous stand forms the heart of this gripping tale of defiance and liberation.
