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Secrets of the Desert

by Christian Jacq · 1993

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Having found a conspiracy to overthrow the pharaoh, Ramses II, Judge Pazair has been sentenced to die. But the conspirators have reckoned without the love of Neferet, the young woman doctor Pazair has just married, and the courage of Suti, his friend with the hot head and the generous heart.

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adult
Length
medium · 352 pages

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