Toby Wilkinson

The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt (eBook, ePUB)

The History of a Civilisation from 3000 BC to Cleopatra

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A brilliantly readable, beautifully illustrated general history of ancient Egypt, from the builders of the first pyramids to Cleopatra.
'A sophisticated and complete account' The Times: Books of the Year
'Wilkinson's stirring and clear-sighted account of the ancient world's most enduring civilisation comes as a welcome treat' Sunday Times: Books of the Year

This is a story studded with extraordinary achievements and historic moments, from the building of the pyramids and the conquest of Nubia, through Akhenaten's religious revolution, the power and beauty of Nefertiti, the glory of Tutankhamun's burial chamber, and the ruthlessness of Ramesses, to Alexander the Great's invasion and Cleopatra's fatal entanglement with Rome.

As the world's first nation-state, the history of Ancient Egypt is above all the story of the attempt to unite a disparate realm and defend it against hostile forces from within and without. Combining grand narrative sweep with detailed knowledge of hieroglyphs and the iconography of power, Toby Wilkinson reveals Ancient Egypt in all its complexity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 672
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. November 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781408852989
• Artikelnr.: 40073508

Autorenporträt

Toby Wilkinson is an Egyptologist and the prizewinning author of fifteen books on the history and culture of the Nile Valley, ancient and modern. Lauded by the Daily Telegraph as 'the foremost Egyptologist of his time', his works include The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt, which won the Hessell-Tiltman Prize. He studied Egyptology at the University of Cambridge and is currently a Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge, a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

Rezensionen

'A sophisticated and complete account of the world's first nation state' The Times Books of the Year