The Pharaoh

Giza Trilogy #1

by Paul Morrison

The Pharaoh is the fictional account of life and the times of Pharaoh Khufu (2603 B.C. – 2566 B.C.), builder of the largest of the Ancient Egyptian Horizon of Khufu (or as it is now known, the Great Pyramid) on the Giza Plateau.
This spell-binding and monumental book tells the story of Khufu’s life, from childhood to death – his enrolment in the School of Scribes; his duties as prince and then as Pharaoh in the land of Egypt (Kemet); his military conquests into Kush to gather gold for his treasury; his relationships in the royal palace with his wives and children; and finally, his on-going conflicts with the priests who try to undermine his power to increase their own. But above all, it is the story of Khufu’s greater vision to construct his magnificent House of Eternity, the pyramid which will ensure his immortality into the After Life – for all of eternity...
The Pharaoh is an epic novel researched in great accuracy. It recreates the times of Khufu and the construction of his pyramid, as well as telling the story of the lives of the tens of thousands of everyday workers on the pyramid. These were the quarry cutters, pullers of stone, overseers and supervisors, priests and scribes along with the specialist workers such as the carpenters and stone masons who together, built this mountain of stone as the final resting place for their Pharaoh. The enormous pyramid built by Pharaoh Khufu on the Giza Plateau is the last remaining Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

1070 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 5, 2013

About the author

Paul Morrison, a retired museologist has been a writer for most of his life. “I cannot remember a time when I was not writing, even when I was five or six years old. I grew up on books such as TREASURE ISLAND, 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA and THE TIME MACHINE — these and many other books that I read in my early years fed my imagination, a voracious imagination transporting me to faraway places, other worlds and to other times in both the recent and more distant past...” Many of these worlds and places are visited in the novels and short story collections he has written.

Besides a love of fiction, Paul also reads widely on ancient history and archaeology. “I am particularly interested in Ancient Egypt, mainly Old Kingdom Egypt during the age of the pyramid builders. I have always been intrigued as to how the pyramids were built and about the lives of the pharaohs and the workers who constructed these mountains of stone. There were many questions filling my mind, but few if any answers.” This inquiring interest led to the GIZA TRILOGY books, a monumental work of well-researched fiction set against the backdrop of the three pyramids on the Giza Plateau. Together, with their associated books, THE DIVINE LIGHT, ETERNAL EGYPT, (Supplement to the Giza Trilogy), and SECRET OF THE PYRAMID, these books total more than 1.3 million words! Other books written by Paul cover a wide range of subjects including historical fiction, science fiction, ghost and detective stories as well as many other genres.

Paul currently lives in Hobart, Tasmania with his wife in a house overlooking the Derwent River. “The magnificent views of the Derwent River and Mount Wellington inspire me in my writings — but the most important inspiration is my wife, Helena.”

Reviews

[Sekhar N Banerjee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent ...

An excellent story about Khufu and the Pyramid age. I think all phases of Khufu's era have been excellently portrayed, even the areas not normally covered in many books on ancient Egypt. Author's research on the topic is superb. I cannot wait to start the next volume on Sphinx.