Christian Jacq

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  • Bibliography:
    30 Books (5 Series)
  • First Book:
    June 1985
  • Latest Book:
    October 2011
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Born in Paris in 1947, Christian Jacq first visited Egypt when he was seventeen, went on to study Egyptology and archaeology at the Sorbonne, and is now one of the world's leading Egyptologists. He is the author of the internationally bestselling Ramses and The Mysteries of Osiris series, and several other novels set in Ancient Egypt. Christian Jacq lives in Switzerland.

Full Series List in Order

Judge of Egypt

1 - Beneath the Pyramid (Sep-2004)
2 - Secrets of the Desert (Nov-2004)
3 - Shadow of the Sphinx (Jan-2005)

Mysteries of Osiris

The Tree of Life (Mar-2005)
The Conspiracy of Evil (Jun-2005)
The Way of Fire (Apr-2007)

Queen of Freedom

1 - The Empire of Darkness (Nov-2002)
2 - The War of the Crowns (Jan-2003)
3 - The Flaming Sword (Mar-2003)

Ramses

1 - The Son of Light (Nov-1997)
2 - The Temple of a Million Years (Jan-1998)
2 - The Eternal Temple (Mar-1998)
3 - The Battle of Kadesh (Jun-1998)
4 - The Lady of Abu Simbel (Oct-1998)
5 - Under the Western Acacia (Jan-1999)

The Stone of Light

1 - Nefer the Silent (Apr-2000)
2 - The Wise Woman (Sep-2000)
3 - Paneb the Ardent (Jan-2001)
4 - The Place of Truth (Jul-2001)

Book List in Order: 30 titles

  • Egyptian Magic

  • The Son of Light

    Ramses - 1

    Historical fiction meets mythology as ancient Egypt comes alive in this monumental epic with over 2 million copies sold around the world.At fourteen, Ramses, the second son of the Pharaoh Seth, must begin to pass a series of royal tests designed to b...

  • The Temple of a Million Years

    Ramses - 2

  • The Eternal Temple

    Ramses - 2

    The splendor and danger of ancient Egypt continues in the second volume of this magnificent saga. For Ramses, the Son of Light, the coronation has arrived. Now he will learn whether the friends of his youth--people such as Moses and the aging Greek p...

  • The Battle of Kadesh

    Ramses - 3

    The powerful Hittites have declared war on Egypt, and Ramses must do the impossible: seize their impregnable fortress at Kadesh with his ragged army, even as his powerful bodyguard and right-hand man has been arrested, suspected of treason....

  • The Lady of Abu Simbel

    Ramses - 4

    Despite the tremendous shock of the Battle of Kadesh, Ramses has not managed to bring the formidable Hittite Empire to its knees. But rather than continue the struggle, he decides to engage in negotiation. For in Ramses' life the love he bears the Gr...

  • Under the Western Acacia

    Ramses - 5

    Ramses is now fifty: after bringing outstanding prosperity to Egypt, he could have hoped to enjoy a serene old age. But his legendary destiny does not permit this: he must still continue to rule. Above all, Ramses strives to preserve Egypt's hard-won...

  • The Black Pharaoh

    Five centuries after Ramses, the temples of northern Egypt lie deserted. the gods forgotten. Injustice and corruption reign, and the empire seems to hurtling towards irretrievable ruin. Only one man, a Nubian, governing his kingdom from the South wi...

  • Nefer the Silent

    The Stone of Light - 1

    They built a civilization ahead of its time, and dominated the ancient world. They defined an era of war, love, passion, power, and betrayal. They were a people of mystery whose secrets have turned to dust - but who inspire our awe and wonder even to...



  • The Wise Woman

    The Stone of Light - 2

    They built a civilization ahead of its time, and dominated the ancient world. They defined an era of war, love, passion, power, and betrayal. They were a people of mystery whose secrets have turned to dust - but who inspire our awe and wonder even to...

  • Paneb the Ardent

    The Stone of Light - 3

    In a mysterious village in the desert on the West Bank of the Thebes, lives a small group of craftsmen whose task is to excavate and decorate the splendid tombs of the pharaohs. It's name is The Place of Truth While Egypt struggles in a state of un...

  • The Place of Truth

    The Stone of Light - 4

    Christian Jacq, author of the international triumph Ramses, brings the people and the passions of ancient Egypt to life in an enthralling epic novel in four volumes Volume IV: The Place of Truth The beloved Master of the Place of Truth has been savag...

  • The Empire of Darkness

    Queen of Freedom - 1

    Christian Jacq, author of the international triumphs Ramses and The Stone of Light, brings the people and passions of ancient Egypt to life in an enthralling epic novel in three volumes. Egypt is a shadow of its former self. An army of barbarians mo...

  • The Tutankamen Affair

  • The War of the Crowns

    Queen of Freedom - 2

    Christian Jacq, author of the international sensations Ramses and The Stone of Light, continues his epic Queen of Freedom trilogy as the fiercely determined Queen Ahhotep struggles to save her people -- and reclaim her own legacy. The barbaric Hykso...

  • The Flaming Sword

    Queen of Freedom - 3

    In the north, the barbaric Hyksos still rule with unimaginable brutality. Queen Ahhotep, meanwhile, has recaptured much of the south -- but at a terrible price: her husband has been killed in combat and her elder son, Kames, was mysteriously poisoned...

  • The Tutankhamun Affair

    At the beginning of the 20th century, a young unknown pharaoh remained, beneath his golden mask, in the darkness of a tomb deep in the Valley of the Kings. His name was Tutankhamun. He had lain undisturbed for a thousand years until two men, Howard C...

  • For the Love of Philae

    It's the 6th century A.D. and Christianity has been imposed throughout Egypt. On the holy island of Philae, off the southern coast, the last community faithful to the old ways struggles against the invader and continues active worship in its temple. ...

  • Champollion the Egyptian

    Born in the small French town of Figeac in 1790, Jean-Francois Champollion was to become famous as the man who first discovered the meaning of hieroglyphs. This remarkable novel tells the story of his extraordinary trip to Egypt in 1828 on a quest to...



  • Master Hiram and King Solomon

    980 B.C. Having succeeded in bringing peace and prosperity to his people, King Solomon, the son of David, is determined to build a magnficient temple on the rock of Jerusalem. A temple where the sacred Ark of the Covenant could be housed. A temple to...

  • Beneath the Pyramid

    Judge of Egypt - 1

    The first in a new trilogy by Christian Jacq, BENEATH THE PYRAMID is a gripping novel of suspense which takes place during the reign of Ramses the Great. Summoned to investigate the mysterious deaths of five guards standing watch over the great ...

  • Secrets of the Desert

    Judge of Egypt - 2

    Having discovered a monstrous conspiracy to overthrow the pharaoh, Ramses the Great, Judge Pazair has been deported for a crime he did not commit and sentenced to die in a prison camp. But the conspirators have reckoned without the love of Neferet, t...

  • Shadow of the Sphinx

    Judge of Egypt - 3

    The time has come for the final confrontation. Appointed supreme magistrate and first minister of Egypt, Pazair and his wife Neferet must join forces against the Finance Minister, Pazair's sworn enemy, now openly presenting himself as spokesman for t...

  • The Tree of Life

    Mysteries of Osiris

    In the temple of Abydos, an acacia tree is dying. And its death threatens all of Egypt. For this is no ordinary tree: it sprang forth from the tomb of the god Osiris, the first ruler of Egypt, as proof of his triumph over death. The great pharaoh Ses...

  • The Conspiracy of Evil

    Mysteries of Osiris

    Despite the pharaoh Sesostris III's determination, despite the combined efforts of his generals who are searching, in vain, for the culprit, despite daily prayers and the devoted care of the queen and the seven priestesses of the goddess Hathor, the ...

  • The Way of Fire

    Mysteries of Osiris

    The young scribe Iker has finally realised that, in pursuing Pharaoh Senusret with his hatred, he chose the wrong target, & the real enemy is elsewhere. The enemy, the one who is attacking the Tree of Life at Abydos, is in fact the Herald, that balef...

  • The Divine Worshipper

    528BC. In a tormented Egypt, threatened both by the Greeks' over-mighty influence and the Persians' desire for conquest, the struggle for power has taken the form of a deadly conspiracy. Young scribe Kel finds himself unjustly accused of murder, the ...

  • Manhunt

    Egypt,528 BC. Kel,a young scribe recently hired by the prestigious Guild of Interpreters, arrives at work one morning to find the entire staff slaughtered. He flees in panic, taking with him the mysterious papyrus his colleagues had been deciphering....

  • The Brother of Fire

    Thamos, Count of Thebes, one of the last members of a spiritual brotherhood keeping alive the secrets of the pharaohs, has been assigned the mission to find and protect the 'Great Magician', a genius whose works will save humanity. Believing that he ...



  • The Son of Enlightenment

    Thamos, Count of Thebes, is the last keeper of an eternal knowledge, keeping alive the secrets of the pharaohs. His mission is to find and protect the 'Great Magician' foretold by Osiris, a genius whose works will save humanity. And when he encounter...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Christian Jacq has published 30 books.

Christian Jacq does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Son of Enlightenment, was published in October 2011.

The first book by Christian Jacq, Egyptian Magic, was published in June 1985.

Yes. Christian Jacq has 5 series.
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