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Historical person
c. 17th century BCE–1550 BCE
Kamose was the last king of Egypt’s Seventeenth Dynasty. He renewed war against the Hyksos, campaigned north from Thebes and attacked their allies in Nubia, preparing the way for Ahmose I’s final victory.
In Pauline Gedge’s The Hippopotamus Marsh, Ahhotep, Kamose and the young Ahmose must confront the political and personal cost of a campaign their house may not survive. In Pauline Gedge’s The Oasis, after Seqenenre Tao’s death, Kamose inherits both the Theban throne and the war against King Apepi. Other novels featuring Kamose include Christian Jacq’s The Empire of Darkness, Christian Jacq’s The Flaming Sword, and Christian Jacq’s The War of the Crowns.
Historical context
Series
The Queen of Freedom Trilogy retells the struggle of Ahhotep and the Theban royal house against Hyksos power during Egypt’s Second Intermediate Period. The novels move from occupation and dynastic danger through open war to the reunification of Egypt under the early New Kingdom. The series is centred…
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The Lords of the Two Lands trilogy retells the Theban war against Hyksos rule at the end of Egypt’s Second Intermediate Period. The Hippopotamus Marsh centres on Seqenenre Tao’s decision to resist King Apepi, while The Oasis follows Kamose’s increasingly destructive campaign to carry that rebellion north. The…
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