Title: A silly, unimaginative and unconvincingly dull story.
Product review: Written for the 12 to 15 age group, this book is a publishing monstrosity. Jaq makes almost no attempt to provide an Egyptian context for his story of Ramses. Can anyone imagine an Egypt without slavery? Jaq not only eliminated the institution but adds that all workers were well paid! The author's fanciful creation might work if the artifical world he created had believeability--but it does not. The author claims to be an Egyptologist, but if he is, then he has cynically removed virtually all cultural substance for the sake of creating a Hardy Boys view of ancient life.
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