Le roman de la momie

Viac o knihe

In a tomb in the Valley of the Kings, a young English lord and an archaeologist discover the mummy of a girl of stunning beauty. Nearby, a papyrus reveals her story... Thus unfolds the fate of Tahoser, daughter of a great priest of Egypt, who falls in love with a Hebrew. She is willing to share the life of the enslaved people, but the Pharaoh, passionately in love with her, has her abducted and offers her power and wealth. The drama culminates as the Hebrews, following Moses, march toward the Red Sea, soon pursued by the monarch at the head of his army. To reconstruct the splendor of the Nile civilization at its peak and resurrect its long-lost cities, Théophile Gautier draws on the emerging knowledge of Egyptology. He presents one of the earliest novels set in ancient Egypt, as Europe had imagined it since Napoleon's expedition and the work of Champollion.