Ramesses the Great
Egypt's King of Kings
$21.63
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
18 October 2025
Summary
The life, dramatic reign, and enduring legacy of the pharaoh Ramesses the Great, with lessons for the present, from internationally acclaimed Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson
“The author succeeds in bringing this distant age to life through telling detail and insightful analysis… . Whenever he can, the author takes advantage of opportunities to peer beneath the mask.“—The Economist
Ramesses II ruled the Nile Valley and the wider Egyptian empire from 1279 t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780300283389 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0300283385 |
| Author: | Toby Wilkinson |
| Publisher: | Yale University Press |
| Imprint: | Yale University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 18 October 2025 |
| Weight: | 260g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 140mm |
| Series: | Ancient Lives |
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Critics Review
“The author succeeds in bringing this distant age to life through telling detail and insightful analysis… . Whenever he can, the author takes advantage of opportunities to peer beneath the mask.”—The Economist
“In this brilliantly engaging and sympathetic portrait, Toby Wilkinson has harnessed all his investigative and story-telling power to unveil the mystery of the man who became the only Pharaoh in over twenty-six centuries to be given the title ‘Great.’ In Toby’s hands, Ramesses—despite his unique title—feels like a character we all know only too well from the past and the present.”—Michael Scott, author of Ancient Worlds: An Epic History of East and West
“To include so much about an amazingly larger-than-life personality within such a small space is a remarkable achievement. A marvel of concise and accurate biography.”—John Coleman Darnell, coauthor of Egypt’s Golden Couple: When Akhenaten and Nefertiti Were Gods on Earth
“The author succeeds in bringing this distant age to life through telling detail and insightful analysis… . Whenever he can, the author takes advantage of opportunities to peer beneath the mask.”—The Economist
“In this brilliantly engaging and sympathetic portrait, Toby Wilkinson has harnessed all his investigative and story-telling power to unveil the mystery of the man who became the only Pharaoh in over twenty-six centuries to be given the title ‘Great.’ In Toby’s hands, Ramesses—despite his unique title—feels like a character we all know only too well from the past and the present.”—Michael Scott, author of Ancient Worlds: An Epic History of East and West
“To include so much about an amazingly larger-than-life personality within such a small space is a remarkable achievement. A marvel of concise and accurate biography.”—John Coleman Darnell, coauthor of Egypt’s Golden Couple: When Akhenaten and Nefertiti Were Gods on Earth
About The Author
Toby Wilkinson
Toby Wilkinson is the author of Tutankhamun’s Trumpet: Ancient Egypt in 100 Objects from the Boy King’s Tomb, A World Beneath the Sands: The Golden Age of Egyptology, and the New York Times best seller The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt. He lives in Suffolk, UK.
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