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Isis

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Theben im siebenten vorchristlichen Jahrhundert: Liebe und Eifersucht bestimmen die Beziehung der ungleichen Brüder Anu und Khay zu der schönen Bildhauertochter Isis. Als diese sich für den ruhigen, beinahe schüchternen Anu entscheidet, scheint sich der aufbrausende Khay nicht in die Rolle des Verlierers fügen zu wollen. Aus Angst um ihre Tugend sucht Isis Rat bei der von einem dunklen Geheimnis umgebenden Seherin Meret, die Ihre Kindheit und Jugend bei den Priesterinnen auf der Insel Philae verbrachte. Und Meret hat eine furchtbare Vision: Brudermord! Wird der Mythos um Isis und Osiris auf grausame Weise Wirklichkeit, oder gelingt es den Frauen, durch die Kraft der Liebe das vermeintlich unentrinnbare Schicksal aufzuhalten? Lesen Sie auch unsere Artikel-Serie „Auf den Schwingen der Isis“ von Sabine Albers über die aufregende Götterwelt der alten Ägypter: Auf den Schwingen der Isis - Teil 1

447 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2002

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Brigitte Riebe

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Brigitte Riebe is a German author of crime and feminist fiction. She writes thrillers under the pseudonym Lara Stern and lives with her husband in Munich.

After high school Brigitte Riebe studied at the University of Munich. She received a PhD based on a thesis on the development of the bourgeois woman paradigm at the turn of 18 to 19 Century. She then worked as a museum educator and later as an editor for several German publishers. In 1991 she gave up her job as a senior editor at Bertelsmann to become a writer. Since then, she has written many books books in various genres.

In 1992, Riebe published her first book, the crime novel Nix Dolci, which introduced the lawyer Sina Teufel, who became regular figure in her later works. One of the Sina Teufel-based novels was released as a movie: 'Inzest - Ein Fall für Sina Teufel (Incest - A Case for Sina Teufel) in 1996.

In addition to her detective novels Brigitte Riebe has also published several novels about modern society.

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