Based on the fascinating true story…a novel about Dorothy Eady’s search for her ancient identity. 1290 BC in the Egyptian city of Abydos, the young priestess Bentreshy is renowned for her spiritual powers—a medium between Isis and the temple. But when she begins an illicit love affair with King Sety I, her spiritual life is thrown into turmoil. By defying temple protocol the pair pit themselves against the powerful priesthood, as King Sety believes their love is sanctioned by the gods. 3000 years later Dorothy Eady is born into an Edwardian family in London. She begins to remember a past life in ancient Egypt, when she lived in a beautiful temple as a follower of Isis. Only Dr Budge, a Keeper at the British Museum, believes her story and helps her unravel the past. Dorothy realises she must return to Abydos, where the truth lies hidden in the mysterious temple, revealing a past life that mirrors her own existence, where ancient secrets are about to change her destiny. An imaginative fusion of fact and fiction…interweaving the past and present into an enriching novel about love, memory, and the enduring power of ancient Egypt.
Based on the fascinating true story…a novel about Dorothy Eady’s search for her ancient identity. 1290 BC in the Egyptian city of Abydos, the young priestess Bentreshy is renowned for her spiritual powers—a medium between Isis and the temple. But when she begins an illicit love affair with King Sety I, her spiritual life is thrown into turmoil. By defying temple protocol the pair pit themselves against the powerful priesthood, as King Sety believes their love is sanctioned by the gods. 3000 years later Dorothy Eady is born into an Edwardian family in London. She begins to remember a past life in ancient Egypt, when she lived in a beautiful temple as a follower of Isis. Only Dr Budge, a Keeper at the British Museum, believes her story and helps her unravel the past. Dorothy realises she must return to Abydos, where the truth lies hidden in the mysterious temple, revealing a past life that mirrors her own existence, where ancient secrets are about to change her destiny. An imaginative fusion of fact and fiction…interweaving the past and present into an enriching novel about love, memory, and the enduring power of ancient Egypt.