Before the Throne


In this extraordinary drama-in-dialogue, Naguib Mahfouz reveals his love for all of Egypt’s extensive history—and his deep knowledge of it. In Before the Throne, he summons nearly sixty of Egypt’s rulers to the afterlife Court of Osiris, from a king who unified Egypt for the first time, around 3000 BC, to a president assassinated by religious extremists in 1981. <p>He includes names as familiar as the pharaoh Ramesses II and as obscure as the medieval vizier Qaraqush. Defending their behavior before the divine tribunal, those who acted for the nation’s good are honored with immortality, but those who failed to protect it leave the gilded hall of eternal justice with a very different verdict.</p> <p>Full of Mahfouz’s unique insight into his country’s timeless qualities, this controversial work skillfully traces five thousand years of Egypt’s past as it flows into the present, through the mind of its most acclaimed author.</p>

Author(s): Naguib Mahfouz  

ISBN 10: 9774162919
ISBN 13: 9789774162916
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover
Publication: November 2009
Find this book on Amazon

Related YouTube Videos (add a video)

Add the YouTube URL below and submit:

To add a YouTube video, please copy the video's URL on YouTube and submit by clicking "Add".
The URL should look something like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXQdBuuanI8
How to copy the videos URL from YouTube

No video yet, want to add one?

Related Articles (add an article)

Add an article URL below and submit:

To add an article, please paste the article's URL and submit by clicking "Add".
Below is an example of a valid URL:
How to copy and paste a webpage URL

No article found, do you know any related to this book?

Other books by Naguib Mahfouz

1. Adrift on the Nile Paperback (1994/02/01)
2. Adrift on the Nile Paperback (1994/05/26)
3. Akhenaten , Dweller in Truth Paperback (2001)
4. Akhenaten : Dweller in Truth Hardcover (12/1/1999)
5. Akhenaten: Dweller in Truth Paperback (April 2000)
6. Akhenaton Le Renegat Paperback - French (June 2000)
7. Arabian Nights and Days (January 2001)
8. Arabian Nights and Days : A Novel Paperback (1995/10/01)
9. Before the Throne Paperback (July 2012)
10. Belle Du Caire Paperback - French (July 2001)
11. Cairo Modern Paperback (December 2009)
12. Cairo Modern Hardcover (May 2008)
13. Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street Hardcover (October 2001)
14. Chanson Des Gueux Paperback - French (September 1992)
15. Children of Gebelaawi Paperback (1981)
16. Children of Gebelaawi Paperback
17. Children of Gebelaawi Hardcover (1997)
18. Children of the Alley Paperback (October 1996)
19. Chimeres Paperback - French (April 1994)
20. Collection of Naguib Mahfouz (1985/01/01)

Report an error with this book