ANCIENT EGYPT
IN
HISTORICAL & MAINSTREAM FICTION
The Bronze Age, the Iron Age, and Napoleon, too: scholarly research optional but magic checked at the door.
Ancient Egypt in Fiction Introduction & Home Page
ANCIENT EGYPT
IN
HISTORICAL & MAINSTREAM FICTION
The Bronze Age, the Iron Age, and Napoleon, too: scholarly research optional but magic checked at the door.
Ancient Egypt in Fiction Introduction & Home Page
| Last updated: 1 June 2008
Titles, including translations, added within the last three months are noted. The following mainstream and historical novels and short stories feature significant elements drawn from ancient, and most especially pharaonic, Egypt. No guarantee is made as to the veracity of the historical research in any of these novels! If you would like to contribute to the list with either new items or additions/corrections to the current list, please see the guidelines. This page is updated irregularly (more frequently when I am in the USA). All lists are copyrighted and may not be reproduced without permission. |
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See also:
Mysteries & Thrillers - Ancient Setting
Science Fiction & Fantasy - Fantasy & Horror - Ancient Setting
Science Fiction & Fantasy - Science Fiction - Ancient Setting
Science Fiction & Fantasy - Science Fiction - Alternate History
Science Fiction & Fantasy - Time Travel
Fiction for Young Adults - Historical - Ancient Setting
Fiction for Young Adults - Biblical
Fiction for Young Adults - Time Travel
| Abagi, Marcelle
La Reine Tiy [French] The story of Tiy, wife of Amenhotep III and mother of Akhenaten |
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| Anderson, Poul
"Son of the Sword" 1952: Adventure (January) 1991: Alight in the Void, by Poul Anderson: New York: Tor (pp. 103-160) After the death of her husband Tutankhamen, Ankhsenamen flees with the aid of Cretan ship captain. |
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| Armstrong, Anthony
When the Nile Was Young: a romance of the Eighteenth Egyptian Dynasty* n.d.: London: Hutchinson |
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| Armstrong, William
Cleopatra's Daughter: a romance of a branch of roses 1889: Boston: Fiske De Wolfe |
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| Ashton, Andrea
Cleopatra's Daughter 1979: New York: Bantam The story of Cleopatra Selene Selena, daughter of Cleopatra VII and Marc Antony. |
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| Bachman, G.
Echnaton [German: Akhenaten] 1982 Akhenaten. |
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| Balderston, John L. & Bolitho, Sybil
A Goddess to a God: an historical reconstruction 1948: New York: Macmillan Cleopatra and Caesar. |
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| Barrington, E. (= Beck, Lily (Moresby) Adams)
The Laughing Queen: Romance of Cleopatra 1929: New York: Dodd, Mead & Co. 1929: New York: Grosset & Dunlap |
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| Bell, Archie
King Tut-Ankh-Amen: His Romantic History 1923: Boston: The St. Botolph Society |
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| Berners, Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson
Romance of a Nose 1941: London: Constable The young Cleopatra seeks success through surgery. |
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| Bostock, William
I, Cleopatra 1977: New York: Warner Books |
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| Bradshaw, Gillian
Cleopatra's Heir 2002: New York: Forge/Tom Doherty Associates, Caesarion, son of Cleopatra and Julius Caesar, survives an attempted murder and flees into the desert. Render Unto Caesar 2003: New York: Forge/Tom Doherty Associates An Alexandrian Greek's attempts to gain Roman citizenship lead him to plots, power struggles, and a woman gladiator. The Sand-Reckoner 2001: New York: Forge/Tom Doherty Associates A novel of the life of the great mathematician Archimedes, who spent part of his career at the Museum at Alexandria. |
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| Cawthon, William Connell
The Ibis 1999: Bloomington, Indiana: 1st. Books Library The story of the wars that led to the unification of Egypt. |
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| Chedid, Andrée
Nefertiti et le Rêve d'Akhnaton [French: Nefertiti and the Dream of Akhenaten] 1974: Flammarion Akhenaten and Nefertiti. |
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| Costa, Michael J.
Tears for Isis Xlibris King Nebakhre campaigns in Mesopotamia, battles Hitties and Sea Peoples, and learns the truth about who his father was. |
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| Cowlin, Dorothy
Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt 1970: London: Wayland |
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| Davis, Doris Auger
Flower of the Nile* 1998: Aurora, California: D.A. Davis A novel of Tutankhamun and Ankhesenamun. |
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| de Camp, L. Sprague
The Bronze God of Rhodes 1960: New York: Doubleday & Co. A sculptor builds the Colossus and becomes entangled with a strong-willed Egyptian beauty. |
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| de Landell, O. J. [= van Sparwoude, J.B. Wemmerslager]
Een Vaartuig voor de Herinnering [Dutch] 1957 Amarna Period. |
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| de Pas, L.
Toi aussi Nefertiti [French: You, Too, Nefertiti] 1956 |
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| De Waleffe, Maurice
La Reine Taïa. Roman des Temps Pharaoniques [French: Queen Taia: a novel of pharaonic times] 1923 |
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| Diehl, Ludwig
Aton. Roman aus dem alten Ägypten [German] 1929: Stuttgart : Strecker & Schröder Amarna period. |
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| Doherty, Paul EGYPTIAN PHARAOH TRILOGY 1 -- An Evil Spirit out of the West 2003: London: Headline The young Amenhotep IV begins his reign. 2 -- The Season of the Hyaena 3 -- The Year of the Cobra 2006: London: Headline |
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| Dozier, Anthony
Amenra of the Sands 2000: Xlibris A shaman banished from Egypt is recalled to save the life of the king's daughter. |
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| Drury, Allen
A God Against the Gods Return to Thebes 1976: Franklin Library |
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| Ebers, Georg
Arachne: A Historical Romance (translated from German by Mary J. Safford) 1898: New York: D. Appleton & Co. Set in Egypt. The Bride of the Nile 1893: New York: D. Appleton Eine Ägyptische Königsdochter [German] 1864
Kleopatra 1894
Serapis [German] 1885 Uarda: A Romance of Ancient Egypt 1881: New York: Bigelow, Brown & Co. |
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| Eckenstein, L.
Tutankh-aten: a story of the past 1924: London: Jonathan Cape (I am not certain if English or German is the original language.) |
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| Essex, Karen
Kleopatra 2001: Warner Novelized biography of the last of the Ptolemies. The first of two volumes. Pharaoh 2002: Warner Sequel to Pharaoh. The queen is restored to the throne but must travel with her child, Caesar's heir, to Rome, where she meets Antony. |
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| Falconer, Colin
When We Were Gods Crown 2002: Three Rivers Press The story of Cleopatra from the age of 18. |
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| Ferval, Claude (= de Pierrebourg, Marguerite Aimery)
La Vie et la mort de Cléopâtre[French] 1922: Paris: Arthème Fayard
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| France, Anatole
Thaïs 1890 The tale of a courtesan. |
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| Franzero, Carlo Maria
Cleopatra 1963: Signet Based on the movie starring Elizabeth Taylor. |
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| Gabriel, Richard A.
Warrior Pharaoh: A Chronicle of the Life and Deeds of Thutmose III, Great Lion of Egypt, Told in His Own Words to Thaneni the Scribe 2001: iUniverse.com The story of one of the greatest military figures of ancient Egyptian history. |
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| Gardner, Jeffrey K.
Cleopatra 1963: Pyramid Books (cover illus. Bob Abbett) |
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Gautier, Theopile
Une Nuit de Cleopatre 1894: Paris: Librairie Des Amateurs
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| Gedge, Pauline
HERA 1 -- Lady of the Reeds Hera Series 1 New York: Soho Press 1995: Toronto: Viking Penguin (as The House of Dreams) The diary of a woman who begins her life as the humble daughter as a midwife and becomes a concubine in the conspiratorial harem of Rameses III. 2 -- House of Illusions Hera Series 2 1997: Penguin 1996: Viking/Penguin Moyer Bell Sequel to The Lady of the Reeds/The House of Dreams 3 -- Child of the Morning 1977: New York: Dial Press 1977: Toronto: Macmillan 1977: Penguin 1978: New York: Popular Library 1978: New York: Signet 1987: Toronto: Macmillan 1993: New York: Soho 1998: New York: Viking/Penguin Learning Language Arts Through Literature Hatshepsut. LORD OF THE TWO LANDS 1 -- The Hippopotamus Marsh 1998: Toronto: Viking 1999: New York: Viking Penguin 1999: Moyer Bell 2000: Toronto: Viking Penguin New York: Soho Press 2 -- The Oasis 1999: Toronto: Viking 1999: New York: Soho 2000: Toronto: Viking Penguin 2001: London: Hodder & Stoughton New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux Kamose fights to free Egypt from the Hyksos The Horus Road Lord of the Two Lands 3 2000: Toronto: Viking Penguin New York: Soho Press The Twelfth Transforming 1984: New York: Harper & Row 1984: Toronto: Macmillan 1987: New York: Ballantine 1987: Ivy 1996: Toronto: Viking Penguin Queen Tiye tries to save Egypt from the reforms of her son, Akhenaten. |
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| George, Margaret
The Memoirs of Cleopatra 1997: New York: St. Martin's Press |
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| Gerson, Noel
That Egyptian Woman 1956: New York: Doubleday Cleopatra and Julius Caesar. |
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| Greenhough, Terry
Friend of Pharaoh 1975: London: New English Library Born at the same time as Akhenaten, Pinhasy, son of a scribe, remains friends with the heretic pharaoh and enjoys the forbidden love of Nefertiti's sister. |
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| Boleslaw, Prus (= Glovatski, Alexander)
Faraon [Polish] 1896-96: Warsaw Illustrated Weekly (serialized) (as by Glovatski) 1897 (as by Glovatski) 1957: Warsaw: Eldonejo (3 vols.)
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| Golding, William
"The Scorpion God" 1971: The Scorpion God: Three Short Novels, by William Golding:London: Faber & Faber 1971: The Scorpion God: Three Short Novels, by William Golding: New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1971 |
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| Goyne, Richard
The Kiss of Pharaoh: The Love Story of Tutankhamen* 1923 1970: Mokelumne Hill, California: Health Research 1973: New York: Frederick A Stokes |
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| Guild, Nicholas
The Blood Star 1989: New York: Atheneum Denied the Assyrian throne by his half-brother and tailed by assassins, Tiglath Ashur travels the world, including Egypt. |
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| Haasse, Hella S.
Een nieuwer testament[Dutch] 1966: Amsterdam: Querido
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| Haggard, H. Rider
Cleopatra, Being an Account of the Fall & Vengeance of Harmachis 1889: New York: Rand McNally |
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| al-Hakim, Tawfiq
"Boats of the Sun" The Tavern of Life and Other Stories by Tawfiq al-Hakim (pp. 187-200) A boatbuilder is in love with the queen. |
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| Hall, Arthur D.
The Golden Balance 1955: New York: Crown (cover illus. Ismar David) The story of Queen Hatshepsut and Senmut. |
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| Hamilton, Alexandra
NEFERTITI Trilogy 1 -- Nefertiti: The Beautiful One 1979 2 -- Nefertiti: The Lady of Grace 1979 3 -- Nefertiti: The Devious Being 1980 |
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| Harwood, Johanna
The Goddess Queen: A Novel Based on the Life of Nefertiti |
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| Hawkes, Jacquetta
King of the Two Lands: The Pharaoh Akhenaten 1966: New York: Random House The tragic story of Akhenaten and Nefertiti. |
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| Hughes, Sandra McCoy The Shadows Move: The Death of King Tut 2005: Hudson |
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| Ibrahim, Chivekiar (HRH Princess Chivekiar of Egypt)
The Pharaoh Ne-Ouser-Ra and His Little Slave Girl undated (c. 1960s): London: The Fortune Press |
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| Jacobson, Don
The Scribe's Family: A Golden Age Saga Spanning Five Millennia 1997: Balboa, California: Hypatia press Includes Egypt and Mesopotamia. |
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| Jacobson, Sheldon A.
Fleet Surgeon to Pharaoh 1971: Portland: Oregon State University Press A Hebrew priest-physician, shaken in religious and professional faith, serves in Pharaoh's Phoenician fleet during its circumnavigation of Africa. |
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| Jacq, Christian
Empire of Darkness Queen of Freedom 1 2002 2003: Pocket Barbarians from Asia conquer Egypt. Le pharaon noir [French] translations: English (Dorothy S. Blair): The Black Pharaoh 2000 Dutch (Ingrid Jap-Tjong): De zwarte farao 1999: Areopagus La Pyramide Assassinee [French] Le Juge d'Égypte 1 1993 La Reine Soleil [French] 1988 Secrets of the Desert Judge of Egypt 2 Shadow of the Sphinx Judge of Egypt 3 Having been appointed supreme magistrate and first minister, Pazair must confront the men who plan to use economic sabotage to overthrow Rameses the Great. The War of the Crowns Queen of Freedom 2 2003: New York: Simon & Schuster Queen Ahhotep trains soldiers at a secret location near Thebes, so that the foreign Hyksos may be defeated. Sequel to Empire of Darkness. |
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| Kadare, Ismail
The Pyramid 1998: Vintage |
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| Kingsley, Charles
Hypatia, or New Foes with an Old Face Undated (c. 1890s): New York: Clarke, Given & Hooper The story of Hypatia, the woman neoplatonist philosopher and mathematician in 5th century A.D. Alexandria. |
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| Kingsley, T. S.
Dreams for the Wind 1999: LtdBooks Akhenaten himself tells his own Oedipal story. Inspired by Immanuel Velikovsky's nonfiction Oedipus and Akhenaten. |
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| Korsness, Barbara
Bull Dancer 2002: Lightning Source A Cretan bull-dancer ventures out with her brother to expand their dying father's merchant business. Among the ports of call are Egypt and Ubar. |
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| Kronberg, Max
Nofretete [German] 1934 1947: Berlin: Deutsche Buchvertriebs- u. Verlags-Gesellschaft |
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| Le Coz, Martine
Le Pharaon Qui N'Avait Pas D'Ombre [French: The Pharaoh Who Had No Shadow] 1999: iUniverse.com Akhenaten |
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| Lindsay, Jack
The Wanderings of Wenamen, 1115 - 1114 B.C.: Based on the Report Made by that Ambassador from Upper Egypt of his Travels through Egypt, Palestine, Syria, and Cyprus on a Mission for Cedar from the Lebanon Mountains 1936: London: Ivor Nicholson & Watson Based on the ancient Egyptian story in a man is sent by the king to collect timber from Byblos and runs into a great deal of trouble in the process. |
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| Loza, Helmy
A Wedding Present c. 2004?: AuthorHouse Inspired by the Histories of Herodotus, a Greek tourist travels to Egypt, where he encounters a brewing revolt against the Persian occupation. |
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| MacEwen, Gwendolyn
King of Egypt, King of Dreams Amarna Period. |
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| Mackie, Philip
The Cleopatras 1983: London: British Broadcasting Corporation Novelization of the BBC-TV series about all seven of the Ptolemaic queens named Cleopatra. |
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| Mahfouz, Naguib
Abath al-Aqdar [Arabic: The Mockery of Fate] 1939
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"'Awf al-malik Usirkhaf" [Arabic] 1938
Kifah Tibah [Arabic: The Struggle of Thebes] 1944
Rabudis [Arabic] 1943
Voices from the Other World 2002: Cairo: American University in Cairo Press (trans. Raymond Stock) 2005: New York: Anchor A collection of short stories set in ancient Egypt. |
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| Maiden, Cecil
The Song of Nefertiti No Date: Durban, South Africa: Knox Publishing (one source gives a publication date of 1949, but one copy bears a handwritten date of July, 1943) About Akhenaten and Nefertiti. |
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| Manfredi, Valerio
The Sands of Ammon Alexander 2 Alexander continues his conquest of Asia; in Egypt, the Oracle of Ammon has a prophesy for him. Sequel to The Child of a Dream. Its sequel is The Ends of the Earth. |
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| McCoy, Gayle A.
Nenfretiti, Woman Pharaoh 2001: Trafford After the death of her husband, Queen Nenfretiti [sic] becomes king in the place of their twelve-year-old son and must deal with rivals who wish her dead. |
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| McCullough, Colleen
Antony and Cleopatra 2007: New York: Simon & Schuster Caesar October Horse: A Novel About Caesar, Cleopatra and the Fall of the Roman Republic 2002: New York: Simon & Schuster |
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| McDonough, James F.
For One God: a novel of the Eighteenth Dynasty 1963: Exposition Press A novel of Akhnaten and Nefertiti. |
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| McGraw, Eloise Jarvis
Pharaoh: a novel about a queen and three kings 1958: New York: Coward-McCann Hatshepsut. |
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| Merezhkovsky, Dmitri
Akhenaten, King of Egypt [translated from Russian by Natalie A Duddington] 1927: London: Dent 1927: New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. Sequel to Birth of the Gods, which takes place on Crete. Tut-ench-Amon auf Kreta [German, translated from Russian: Tutankhamun on Crete] 1924 |
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| Mitchison, Naomi
Cleopatra's People 1972: London: Heinemann |
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| Montlaur, Pierre
Imhotep [German] Rowohit Novel of the architect of the first pyramid. |
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| Moran, Michelle Nefertiti 2007: New York: Crown The story of Akhenaten's wife, as told by her younger sister Mutnodjmet. |
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| Moray, Ann
Dawn Falcon 1973: New York: William Morrow 1973: Greenwich, Connecticut: Fawcett Crest Ahmose and Kamose fight against the Hyksos. |
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| Morris, Janet
I, the Sun* 1983: Dell/Emerald Suppiluliumas, the king of Hatti to whom Ankhesenamen wrote for a husband, tells his story. |
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| Muschler, Reinhold Conrad
Nofretete [German] 1936 |
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| Patterson, Emma L.
Sun Queen 1967: New York: McKay Nefertiti. |
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| Pevrieu, Jean-Baptiste
César et Cléopâtre, roman historique et moral [French] 1809: Bordeaux: Moreau |
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| Platero, Danièle Calvo
Le pharaon maudit [French] 1996: Editions du Rocher A young painter and a scribe become aware of intrigues in the court of Tutankhamun. |
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| Prus, Bolesaw
Faraon[Polish] 1897
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| Rachet, Guy
Nefertiti: Reine du Nil [French: Nefertiti: Queen of the Nile] 1984 |
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| Renault, Mary
Funeral Games Alexandriad 3 1981 The death of Alexander and the struggle among his heirs in Egypt, Greece, and Asia. |
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| Robertson, John M.
Rape the Two Egypts 2001: New Bern, North Carolina: Trafford A novel of the Hyksos invasion of Egypt and the Biblical Exodus. |
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| Rofheart, Martha
The Alexandrian 1976: New York: Crowell Cleopatra. |
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| Scheibler, Susanne
Ewig fliessen die Wasser des Nil[German: The Waters of the Nile Flow Forever] 1982 Amarna Period. |
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| Severance, Catherine Needham The Last Day of Ikhnaton 1953: Exposition Press |
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| Smelik, Klaas
Brief aan een Dode [Dutch] 1994 De Ibis en de Dood [Dutch] 1995 De tweede Dood [Dutch] 1992 |
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| Sprott, Duncan
THE PTOLEMIES Quartet 1 -- The House of the Eagle 2004: London: Faber 2004: New York: Knopf The god Thoth narrates the story of the Greek rule of Egypt. |
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| Stacton, David
On a Balcony The Invincible Questions 2 1958 Amarna Period. |
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| Strunsky, Siméon
King Akhnaton: a chronicle of ancient Egypt 1928 |
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| Tacconi, Bruno
Lo schiavo Hanis [Italian: Hanis the Slave] Set during the reign of Pepi II (Dynasty 6). La Verita Perduta [Italian: The Lost Truth] 1972 Amarna Period. |
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| Tawfiq, Thurayya
Kliyubatrah al-sabi'ah [Arabic] 1969 A novel of Cleopatra. |
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| Taylor, George
Antinuous 1880 The story of the emperor Hadrian and his lover, Antinuous. |
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| Thomas, Henry Boston
Cleopatra's Private Diary 1927: Stratford |
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| Tully, John
The White Cat 1975: London: Methuen (illus. Victor Ambrus) The son of a British chieftain is taken as a slave to Egypt, where his only friend is a dancing girl and he soon becomes an outlaw and rebel. |
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| Turteltaub, H. N. (= Turtledove, Harry)
The Gryphon's Skull Menedemos and Sostratos 2 2003: New York: Forge Two Greeks who operate a merchant vessel find themselves caught in intrigue and battle between the navies of Ptolemaios of Egypt and Antigonos of Phrygia. Sequel to Over the Wine-Dark Sea. |
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| Upham, Edward
Rameses; An Egyptian Tale: With Historical Notes, of the Era of the Pharaohs. In Three Volumes 1824: London: G. B. Whittaker |
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| Vanoyeke, Violaine
La Belle est venue[French: The Beautiful Woman Has Come] Néfertiti et Akhénaton 1 Breuvage d'amertume (French: A Drink of Bitterness) Aménophis 2 Le Faucon d'or (French: The Falcon of Gold) Néfertiti et Akhénaton 3 La fille de Néfertiti (French: The Daughter of Nefertiti) Toutankhamon 2 L'Hérisié (French: The Heresy) Toutankhamon 1 L'Horizon d'Aton (French: The Horizon of Aton) Néfertiti et Akhénaton 2 L'Ibis indomptable (French: The Untameable Ibis) Thoutmosis 2 Une mystérieuse Egyptienne(French: A Mysterious Egyptian Woman) Le Pharaon assassine (French: The Assassinated Pharaoh) Toutankhamon 3 Le Prince de lumière (French: The Prince of Light) Aménophis 1 La Princess de Thèbes (French: The Princess of Thebes) La Pharaonne 1 Le Pschent royal (French: The Royal Pschent) La Pharaonnne 2 Le Rival d'Hatchepsout (French: The Rival of Hatshepsut) Thoutmosis 1 Au royaume sublime (French: In the Sublime Kingdom) Thoutmosis 3 Le Secret du pharaon (French: The Secret of the Pharaoh) Le trésor de la reine-cobra (French: The Treasure of the Cobra-Queen) Vénérable Tiyi(French: The Venerable Tiyi) Aménophis 3 Le Voyage d'éternité (French: The Voyage of Eternity) La Pharaonne 3 |
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| Vidal, Nicole
The Goddess Queen* 1965: New York: David McKay 1972: Mayflower Amarna Period. |
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| von Auer, H.
Koenig Dedefre: Der Fremdling aus dem Norden[German: King Djedefre: The Stranger from the North] 1974 |
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| Walloth, Wilhelm The King's Treasure House 1886: New York: William S. Gottsberger Translated from German by Mary J. Safford. |
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| Waltari, Mika
Sinuhe, egyptiläinen [Finnish] 1945
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| Warner, H. H.
The Wooing of Nefert, being the Chronicle of Mena of Memphis No Date (c. 1895): London: N.J. Powell & Co. (illus.) (one copy dated 1895 in pencil) |
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| Wilson, Hilary
Egyptian Woman 2001: Michael O'Mara Books 2003: Chartwell Nebetiunet begins her career as an apprentice seamstress but rises to a rank of importance during the reign of Rameses II. |
| Amis, Kingsley & Conquest, Robert
The Egyptologists 1965: London: Jonathan Cape 1965: Worcester: Trinity Press 1966: New York: Random House 1968: Middlesex: Penguin 1975: London: Panther Each week men gather to do a lot more than discuss Egyptology at the Metropolitan Egyptological Society. |
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| Anonymous (= Gautier, Theophile?)
"Un repas au désert de l'Égypte" [French: A Meal in the Desert of Egypt] 1831: Le Gastronome (Thursday, 24 March) A French traveler shares a meal with Bedouin, and discovers that his gazelle has been roasted over a burning mummy. |
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| Bawden, Nina
The Ice House 1983: London: Macmillan Begins in an abusive suburban British household in 1951 and ends in 1981 in the Valley of the Kings. |
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| Burns, Christopher
In the Houses of the West* 1993: London: Hodder & Stoughton 1994: London: Sceptre Doubleday Set in Egypt during the excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb. Three Englishmen, one of whom is obsessed by the Egyptian afterlife. |
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| Canby, Vincent
Living Quarters 1975 Among the characters in the life of Daisianna Caffrey du Chaudrun is Khrushchev, "a near-apoplectic tourist" in Egypt. |
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| Cockton, Henry
"At the British Museum -- Imparting Breath to Memnon and Raising a Voice from the Tomb" Valentine Vox the Ventriloquist 1840: The Life and Adventures of Valentine Vox the Ventriloquist, Henry Cockton (illus. T. Onwhyn) 1880: The Life and Adventures of Valentine Vox the Ventriloquist, Henry Cockton London: George Routledge and Sons (illus.) Valentine Vox employs his talents to dispense justice in London. |
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| Day, Holman
When Egypt Went Broke 1921 The New England town of Egypt rebels against the financial slavery of its miserly "pharaoh." Biblical and Egyptian imagery is invoked. |
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| Dietrich, William 1 -- Napoleon's Pyramids 2007: HarperCollins An American in possession of a mysterious gold medallion joins Napoleon's conquest of Egypt. 2 -- The Rosetta Key 2008: HarperCollins While Napoleon invades Palestine, Ethan Gage seeks the magical Book of Thoth. |
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| Ducornet, Rikki
Gazelle 2003: New York: Knopf In Cairo during the 1950s, the daughter of an American history professor becomes an apprentice to an Egyptian perfume-maker, with whom she falls in love. |
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| Eggers, Dave
You Shall Know Our Velocity 2002: McSweeney Wil Chmielewski inherits $80,000 upon the death of a friend. With another friend, Wil begins a world tour that he hopes will begin in Greenland and end atop the pyramid of Cheops. An autobiographical fiction. |
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| Eyth, Max
Der Kampf um die Cheopspyramide: Eine Geschichte und Geschichten aus dem Leben eines Ingenieurs [German: The Fight for the Pyramid of Cheops: a story and stories from the life of an engineer] 1902 |
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| Fowles, John
Daniel Martin 1979: Bookthrift The story of Dan, a middle-aged Hollywood screen writer from England. Among the incidents, he travels to Egypt with a friend's widow, to scout out shooting locations for a film. |
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| Furnas, J. C.
The Devil's Rainbow 1962: Harper & Brothers The story of Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormons, as seen through the eyes of a boy. Includes Egyptian mummies. |
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| Gilbert, Morris
The Beloved Enemy House of Winslow 30 2003: Bloomington, Indiana: Bethany House A young Jewish woman who works in a sweatshop helps a young man just out of prison realize his dream to become an archaeologist. Their lives become complicated in Egypt. |
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| Hichens, Robert
The Pyramid 1936: New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co. |
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| Jacq, Christian
L'Affair Tutankhamun [French]
Champollion l'Égyptien 1987: Le Rocher
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| Kesey, Ken
Demon Box 1987: New York: Penguin Autobiographical novel. Devlin Deboree returns to life after a brief prison stay. Includes a visit to the Great Sphinx. |
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| Kielland, Alexander
"Pharaoh" (trans. from Norwegian) Tales of Two Countries 1944: Bachelor's Quarters: stories from two worlds. Ed. Norman Lockridge. Intro. John Cournos: New York: Biltmore Publishing Co. For a wealthy Parisian woman, the story of Moses and Pharaoh is a metaphor for the rich and the poor. |
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| Langley, Lee
A Conversation on the Quai Voltaire 2006: London: Chatto and Windus A novel of Vivant Denon, responsible for the engravings in Description de l'Égypte and whose collection became the foundation of the Louvre. |
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| Lincoln, Joseph C.
Galusha the Magnificent 1921: New York: Appleton & Co. 1921: A. L. Burt 1921: New York: Grosset & Dunlap A Cape Cod man whose parents would prefer he make his living as a banker becomes an absent-minded professor of Egyptology. |
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| Lindskold, Jane
"Beneath the Eye of the Hawk" 2002: Pharaoh Fantastic, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Brittiany A. Koren: New York: DAW (pp. 67-110) An officer in Queen Victoria's army is assigned to a German cousin of Prince Albert's on a quest to locate the tomb of King Neferankhotep. |
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| Lively, Penelope
Cleopatra's Sister 1993: New York: HarperCollins A passenger plane is forced to land in an imaginary country somewhere near Egypt called Callimbia, which was founded by Cleopatra's sister Berenice. "A Long Night at Abu Simbel" A Long Night at Abu Simbel and Other Stories, Penelope Lively A Pack of Cards and Other Stories, Penelope Lively 1996: The Oxford Book of Travel Stories, ed. Patricia Craig: Oxford: Oxford University Press |
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| Mackin, Jeanne
Dreams of Empire 1996: Kensington Napoleon advances on Cairo. |
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| Malpass, Eric
The Cleopatra Boy The Shakespeare Trilogy 1974 2001: House of Stratus A middle-aged Shakespeare, tired of writing comedies, becomes obsessed with the ancient tale of an Egyptian queen and her Roman lover. |
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| McKenney, Ruth
Mirage 1956: New York: Farrar Straus & Cudahy About Remi Saint-Victor, a scientist in Napoleon's Egyptian expedition. |
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| McMurtry, Larry
Duane's Depressed The Last Picture Show 3 1999: New York: Simon & Schuster Humor The last in a trilogy about a Texas town. Duane, alienated from his family, is undergoing psychotherapy; in the end, to deal with grief from a personal tragedy, he takes a trip to Egypt. |
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| Mosher, Howard Frank
Northern Borders 1994 In 1948, a boy goes to live with his grandparents in Vermont. His grandmother, obsessed with Egypt, dubs him "Tut." |
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| Ogilvie, Elisabeth
The Face of Innocence 1970: New York: McGraw-Hill 1972: New York: Avon Paintings in a museum bring a woman face-to-face with the past she thought she has left behind, that as a child, her mother passed her off as a reincarnated Egyptian princess. |
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| Paul-Loubière, Christian
Nefertari: symbole de la femme égyptienne antique ou Le regard d'un Italien sur les femmes d'Égypte [French: Nefertari: symbol of the ancient Egyptian woman, or the regard of an Italian for the women of Egypt] 1998: Paris: Publisud/Collection Courants Universels: Série Découvertes An Italian witnesses the discovery of the tomb of Nefertari, beloved queen of Rameses the Great, in 1904. |
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| Portis, Charles
Masters of Atlantis 1985: New York: Knopf 2000: New York: Overlook Press A text of alchemical metaphors, Egyptian riddles, and the secrets of Atlantis, acquired during the Great War, inspires the foundation of a secret fraternity, a run for political office, and charges of anti-American activities. |
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| Shaw, Howard
Keepers of the Obelisk 1968: New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston Italian villagers discover that beneath the main square lies buried an Egyptian obelisk. |
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| Sketchley, Arthur (= Rose, George)
MRS. BROWN Mrs. Brown up the Nile n.d. (1869): London: George Routledge & Sons Mrs. Brown on Cleopatra's Needle n.d. (1878): London: George Routledge & Sons |
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| Smith, Dennis
The Final Fire 1975 Two brothers, both New York City firefighters, are at odds during a strike. Among the incidents in the book is a devastating fire that affects the Egyptian Wing of the Metropolitan Museum. |
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| Sutcliff, Rosemary
Blood and Sand 1987: London: Hoddard & Soughton Napoleon's campaign in Egypt. |
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| Tracy, Louis
The Wheel O' Fortune 1907: New York: Grosset & Dunlap (illus. James Montgomery Flagg) |
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| Winward, Walter
And Cry for the Moon A successful author going through a mid-30s crisis revisits the places of his youth. His wife, ready to leave him, visits the pyramids. |
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| Wodehouse, P.G.
Something Fresh Blandings Castle 1915: London: Methuen 1915: New York: D. Appleton & Co. (as Something New) Lord Emsworth unthinkingly lifts a scarab from the collection of Freddie Threepwood's father-in-law-to-be, who offers a hefty reward for its return. |
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| Wolff, Victoria
The Spell of Egypt* 1943: New York: L.B. Fischer 1980
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| Carter, Elizabeth Eliot (= Holland, Cecilia)
Valley of the Kings 1977: New York: E. P. Dutton (as by Elizabeth Elliot Carter) 1997: New York: Tor/Forge (as by Cecelia Holland) The story of Howard Carter, who found the tomb of Tutankhamen, and of Ankhesenamen, the reluctant queen-bride of a young tyrant. |
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| Gautier, Theophile
Le roman de la momie [French] 1856 1872 1947: Editions Panthéon 1951: Paris: Editions G. P. 1963: Garnier-Flammarion 1967: L'Erable/Beauval 1985: Paris: Le Livre de Poche Paris 1991: Presses Pocket
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Ancient Egypt in Fiction Introduction
What the AEF is and how to help.
Ancient Egypt in Fiction Author List Introduction
Ancient Egypt in Fiction Author List A-F
Ancient Egypt in Fiction Author List M-R
Ancient Egypt in Fiction Author List
S-Z
The Author Lists are complete listings of every novel and story in
the bibliography, alphabetically by author, with links to each work in
the category pages.
Category and Sub-Category Index
Ancient Egypt in Fiction for Young Adults
Princes, princesses, peasants; mummies, magic cats, and young archaeologists.
Stories published for middle-grade and young adult readers, but people
of most any age will find something they like here.
Ancient Egypt in Science Fiction & Fantasy
From time travel to sword & sorcery, from aliens to alternate history,
and everything in between.
Ancient Egypt in Biblical Fiction
From Joseph to the Flight into Egypt.
Ancient Egypt in Mysteries & Thrillers
Pharaohs are assassinated, Egyptologists murdered, treasures
lost. Whodunnit? In ancient times and modern, there is always a sleuth
near at hand.
Ancient Egypt in Romances
& Erotica
Obstacles to true love, and the means to overcome them -- by willpower
or a little bit of magic -- are older than the pyramids! (Some titles are
suitable for adults only.)
Ancient Egypt in Fiction for Children
Picture books and easy readers for budding Egyptophiles.
Ancient Egypt -- Miscellaneous
Fiction
All those things that belong elsewhere on the list -- or might belong
off the list altogether.