Christian Jacq

"Deep in the heart of the Upper Egyptian desert lies a forbidden village where bands of artisans prepare the tombs of the Pharaohs. Guarded by a handful of elite soldiers, the hidden city shelters the most precious of treasures: the Stone of Light, a legendary stone of magical power. When a devious military officer schemes to infiltrate the city and capture the sacred gem, his subversive plot is thwarted by an unlikely hero: a desert wanderer who falls into a maze of treachery and betrayal, desire and danger..."--inside front cover.

Thamos, Count of Thebes, one of the last members of a spiritual brotherhood keeping alive the secrets of the pharaohs, has been assigned the mission to find and protect the 'Great Magician', a genius whose works will save humanity. Believing that he has found the One in popular young musician, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, he succeeds in initiating him in the Masonic rites inspired by the Egyptian Great Mysteries. Now Mozart has thrown himself into the rituals, in which he finds inspiration for two new operas Figaro and Don Giovanni. In love and the father of a young son, Mozart's career is advancing nicely, the commissions keep flowing in and famous singers knock on his door until new menaces cast a shadow over his future. Menace from the powers-that-be, who fear the influence of the Masonic Lodges and put them under police surveillance; Menace too from jealous musicians such as Salieri, who makes an attempt to sabotage Mozart's concerts. Mozart resists and fights back, but will he manage to survive when the greater threat of war with the Ottoman Empire draws near?

Roman historique

Analyse : Roman policier (énigme).

Christian Jacq nos revela que la mujer era tratada de igual a igual en el Egipto faraónico, dando a conocer las vidas de mujeres célebres, como Nefertiti o Cleopatra, y también de mujeres desconocidas. En el Egipto faraónico, la mujer era tratada igual que los hombres tanto en el terreno material como en el espiritual. Christian Jacq nos introduce en este mundo y nos invita a conocer a las egipcias, fuesen reinas-faraón, «esposas reales», amantes, prostitutas, madres, trabajadoras o sacerdotisas. El autor nos habla no sólo de egipcias famosas, como la diosa-reina Isis, las reinas-faraón Hatsepsut, Nefertiti o Cleopatra, sino también de mujeres que fueron visires, escribas, comerciantes, «adoratrices divinas» y cantoras, instrumentistas o bailarinas de los templos. La egipcia podía casarse con el hombre que quisiera, divorciarse con la seguridad de recibir una pensión alimenticia, legar sus bienes o heredar los de otro. Podía ser jefe de una empresa, especialista en finanzas, propietaria de tierras, administradora, o consagrarse a los misterios revelados en los santuarios. La civilización faraónica confería a las mujeres una posición excepcional en comparación con otras culturas del mundo antiguo, posición que en las sociedades modernas aún no se ha conseguido igualar. En ellas descansaba realmente el bienestar de la familia. En esta obra, Christian Jacq nos ofrece una visión sorprendente y fascinadora de la sociedad faraónica y nos hace compartir, a través del retrato de sus heroínas egipcias, una idea muy particular de felicidad.

Saga about ancient Egypt & the powerful struggle between Ramses & his enemies.

In het Egypte van 1200 voor Chr. wordt Ramses door zijn vader aangewezen als zijn opvolger; niet iedereen is het daar mee eens en twee troonpretendenten bereiden een greep naar de macht voor.

After 40 years spent studying the doctrines of Ancient Egypt, Christian Jacq closes the series by revealing the Great Secret of resurrection. This mystery was at the very centre of Egyptian thought and pharonic civilisation, and is the key to a modern understanding of Ancient Egyptian life.

In a second installment of the successful Ramses saga, Ramses, the new Pharaoh, must discover whom he can trust, and along with his beautiful wife, Nefertari, constructs an eternal temple while the despised Hittites storm Egypt's borders.

"528 BC. In a tormented Egypt, threatened both by the Greeks' over-mighty influence and the Persians' desire for conquest, the struggle for power has taken the form of a deadly conspiracy. Young scribe Kel finds himself unjustly accused of murder, the helpless scapegoat at the centre of a sinister Intrigue of State." "As he strives to prove his innocence, the only person Kel can rely on is Nitis, the beautiful young priestess with whom he is deeply in love. But then Nitis vanishes, and Kel throws himself into a desperate quest to find her, his destiny and that of Egypt inexorably bound together." "Will he survive long enough to uncover the truth, expose the conspirators and restore his good name? Nothing is certain. For when human beings choose to follow a path paved with violence and death, they cannot avoid the vengeance of the gods."--Jacket.

Roman historique.