The Life and Times of Rameses the Great

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Gr 5-8-Brief biographies of two notable rulers from antiquity. In Nero's case, the information is drawn from existing, if biased, works from the period. On the other hand, what we know about Rameses is almost entirely reconstructed from surviving Egyptian wall carvings and paintings, with their undeniably propagandist purposes. In both books, Whiting aims to strike a balance, pointing out both successes and failures and strengths and weaknesses. The stability of Nero's reign during the years he was most influenced by older advisers and his decisive actions during the great fire of Rome lie alongside his apparent flaws: his desire to take part in artistic and athletic competitions and his penchant for having inconvenient people murdered. Rameses is significantly more laudatory, but also notes a prominent example of "spinning" an event: his involvement in the Battle of Kadesh, officially recorded as a great victory, cannot have been so, as it obviously left his opponents in control of important territory. The scene-setting is a little strained: a recounting of Howard Carter's search for and discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb has little enough to do with Rameses, except for the link Whiting uses-the fame of their mummies. The author clearly knows how to use hooks to keep readers involved-bloody gladiatorial games, potentially dangerous chariot races, the "mummy's curse"-and his breezy writing style is generally appealing. His modern terminology can seem silly at times; by the same token, his quotations from other writers might have been more judiciously selected. Color photographs are generally clear and attractive, though often small. These are not essential purchases, but they are more than acceptable for libraries needing to expand their biography collections.-Coop Renner, Hillside Elementary, El Paso, TX Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.
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