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Morning Star
Morning Star
"A royal prince faces many extreme challenges to win the throne and the heart of his beloved."--Haggard H. Rider: Finished
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its throne, at least another
daughter of Amen, a mighty queen, Hatshepu, wore the crown of the
Upper and the Lower Lands, and sent her embassies to search out the
mysteries of Punt. Of romance also, in high places, there must have
been abundance, though the short-cut records of the religious texts of
the priests do not trouble themselves with such matters.
At any rate, so believing, in the hope that it may interest readers of to-day, I have ventured to discover and present one such romance, whereof the motive, we may be sure, is more ancient, by far, than the old Egyptians, namely, the triumph of true love over great difficulties and dangers. It is pleasant to dream that the gods are on the side of such lovers, and deign for their sakes to work the miracles in which for thousands of years mankind has believed, although the scientist tells us that they do not happen.
How large a part marvel and magic of the most terrible and exalted kind played in the life of Old Egypt and of the nations with which she f
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I read a Sinhalese translation of this book as a teen and I'm happy to find it in it's original language. Morning Star is the daughter of a Pharaoh, in love with her childhood friend, now commander, Ramses. The story follows her escape from her uncle's tyrannical rule and return to the arms of her lover, who later becomes the next Pharaoh beside her. It includes certain supernatural elements and multiple escapes from hard places before the two lovers are reunited.
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