Author: Jacob Abbott
Narrator: Jinnifer Hall
Unabridged: 6 hr 48 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Smith Show Media Group
Published: 02/20/2012
Categories: Children's Nonfiction, Biographical
Jacob Abbott (1803-1879) was an American author, pastor, and teacher. He founded two high schools and wrote over one hundred books, many of which were particularly for children and young adults.
Never before in my life have I been so obsessed with a book as I have been with this one. The fact that it's based on a translation of a roll of papyrus found in Harmachis' tomb and within the mummy itself, makes it even more haunting. The idea that the fate of Ancient Egypt in all its might is at s......more
A very interesting story of Anthony and Cleopatra told by another man who loved Cleopatra, who could not kill her and who should have been Pharaoh but was betrayed by his love for her. The man was Harmachis, the son of a Priest of Isis, who was schooled and groomed to be Pharaoh and actually crowned......more
A biography of Cleopatra, a bit more restrained than some later ones, but heavily dependent on Roman sources. This means that Cleopatra is a genius, a wicked woman who studies the effects of poison on her prisoners, and a mistress of the arts of seduction. I recently read a bio based on Arabic sourc......more