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Akhenaten
Dweller in Truth
by Naguib Mahfouz
ISBN: 0385499094
ISBN-13: 9780385499095
Format: Paperback
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Summary
Fourteen stories that, added together, tell the tale of the pharaoh Akhenaten and his queen, Nefertiti, from his sickly, unpromising youth to the lonely death of the "mad king" after alienating the Egyptian religious powers.
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Bantam Dell Pub Group
Published date: 2000
Size: 5.25 x 8.25 inches
Weight: 0.45 pounds
Pages: 168
Publisher's Notes
After the death of Akhenaten, a young man searches for the truth about the "heretic pharaoh," interviewing Akhenaten's closest friends, most dangerous enemies, and even his enigmatic wife, Nefertiti, about the remarkable leader of ancient Egypt, in a fictional portrait of the eighteenthdynasty pharaoh by the Nobel Prizewinning author of Palace of Desire.
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Akhenaten: Dweller in Truth A Novel
Naguib Mahfouz; Tagreid Abu-Hassabo
Anchor, 2000-04-04. Paperback. Good. Paperback. Ex-Library with usual id, otherwise unmarked, square spine. ( more information) Offered by My Gathering Place (United States)
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Akhenaten: Dweller in Truth
Mahfouz, Naguib
Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Bantam Dell Pub Group, 2000 Minor edgewear on wrapper - sticker scar on front wrapper. . Second Impression. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by A Good Read (United States)
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AKHENATEN: Dweller in Truth
Mahfouz, Naguib
New York: Anchor / Random House, 2000 168pp: A novella, and a contemplation of revealed religion, fundamentalism, tolerance and intolerance -- issues not distant from Mahfouz' Near East, nor indeed of other societies. A fine reading copy.. Soft Cover. Very Good. ( more information) Offered by McLean Arts & Books (United States)
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Naguib Mahfouz; Tagreid Abu-Hassabo
Anchor, 2000-04-04. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback, Minor cover wear, Pages clean Probably Like NEW ( more information) Offered by Bobs Neat Books (United States)
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Mahfouz, Naguib
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Mahfouz, Naguib; Abu-Hassabo, Tagreid
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Naguib Mahfouz; Tagreid Abu-Hassabo
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Mahfouz, Naguib; Abu-Hassabo, Tagreid
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Naguib Mahfouz
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