Before the Throne: Dialogues with Egypt's Great from Menes to Anwar Sadat

by Naguib Mahfouz

Book Overview

Nearly sixty of Egypt's past leaders--from the time of the Pharoahs to the twentieth century--are summoned to judgment in the Court of Osiris in the Afterlife, in this extraordinary novel by Nobel Prize-winning author Naguib Mahfouz. Before the Throne calls forth a parade of those who have shaped the modern nation of Egypt--from the ruler who first unified Egypt in 3000 BC to Anwar Sadat, the president assassinated by religious extremists in 1981,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0307742563
• ISBN13: 9780307742568
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Anchor Books
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.2" x 8.0"