Cheops: A Cupboard for the Sun

by Paul West

Book Overview

Known for wrapping readers in his historical web, Paul West, in his marvelous novel Cheops: A Cupboard for the Sun, turns his attention to the 4th Dynasty (approx. 2680 BC) of ancient Egypt. Here, we find the pharaoh Cheops, building the great pyramids at Giza, surrounded by workers and solar boats. According to the Greek historian Herodotus, "a hundred thousand men were made to toil constantly for him," and, as Herodotus claimed, Egypt was "plunged...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811218198
• ISBN13: 9780811218191
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 8.0"