Christian Jacq

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April 28, 1947 in Paris, France

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male

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History, Historical Fiction

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Christian Jacq is a French author and Egyptologist. He has written several novels about ancient Egypt, notably a five book suite about pharaoh Ramses II, a character whom Jacq admires greatly.

Jacq's interest in Egyptology began when he was thirteen, and read History of Ancient Egyptian Civilization by Jacques Pirenne. This inspired him to write his first novel. He first visited Egypt when he was seventeen, went on to study Egyptology and archaeology at the Sorbonne, and is now one of the world's leading Egyptologists.

By the time he was eighteen, he had written eight books. His first commercially successful book was Champollion the Egyptian, published in 1987. As of 2004 he has written over fifty books, including several non-fiction books on...more

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Average rating: 3.80 · 8,593 ratings · 331 reviews · 100 distinct works

	Ramses: The Son of Light (Ramses, #1) by Christian Jacq, Mary Feeney (Translator) 3.78 avg rating — 1,583 ratings — published 1995 — 50 editions	My rating:
	Ramses: The Eternal Temple (Ramses, #2) by Christian Jacq, Mary Feeney (Translator) 3.78 avg rating — 1,126 ratings — published 1995 — 38 editions	My rating:
	Ramses: The Battle of Kadesh (Ramses, #3) by Christian Jacq, Mary Feeney (Translator) 3.84 avg rating — 1,055 ratings — published 1996 — 34 editions	My rating:
	Ramses: The Lady of Abu Simbel (Ramses, #4) by Christian Jacq, Mary Feeney (Translator) 3.89 avg rating — 920 ratings — published 1997 — 34 editions	My rating:
	Ramses: Under the Western Acacia (Ramses, #5) by Christian Jacq, Mary Feeney (Translator) 3.90 avg rating — 820 ratings — published 1997 — 31 editions	My rating:
	Nefer the Silent (Stone of Light, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 297 ratings — published 2000 — 21 editions	My rating:
	The Wise Woman (Stone of Light, #2) 3.88 avg rating — 246 ratings — published 1996 — 20 editions	My rating:
	Paneb the Ardent (Stone of Light, #3) 3.92 avg rating — 224 ratings — published 2001 — 15 editions	My rating:
	The Place of Truth (Stone of Light, #4) 4.02 avg rating — 210 ratings — published 2000 — 17 editions	My rating:
	The Black Pharaoh 3.44 avg rating — 211 ratings — published 1985 — 18 editions	My rating:

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Series by Christian Jacq

Ramsès (5 books)
by Christian Jacq, Mary Feeney (Translator)

3.83 avg rating — 5,504 ratings

La pierre de lumière (4 books)
by Christian Jacq

3.90 avg rating — 973 ratings

Le Juge d’Egypte (3 books)
by Christian Jacq

3.87 avg rating — 438 ratings

La Reine Liberté (3 books)
by Christian Jacq, Sue Dyson (Translator)

3.68 avg rating — 358 ratings

Les Mystères D’Osiris (4 books)
by Christian Jacq

3.86 avg rating — 307 ratings

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