My Story: Pyramid of Secrets

It’s 2517 BC. Pharaoh Khafre is building a great pyramid at Giza to rival those built by his predecessors. He is also making plans for what will become one of the most famous and iconic monuments in history – the Sphinx. When the river Nile floods, leaving the fields underwater, 12-year-old Nebka and his uncle join the labourers helping to build the great pyramid. It’s back-breaking work, all for the glory of the Pharaoh. But Nebka has reasons for hating the King and his pyramids. And when he meets a mysterious prisoner claiming to be the rightful heir to the throne, he is soon drawn into a deadly plot…

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  • I love reading about egypt, this was no exception.

    8 March 2014

  • I really enjoyed thiis book I mean history is my favorite subject but reading books lie these make history just that more fun and enjoyable

    8 March 2013

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    Jim Eldridge

    Jim Eldridge is the award-winning author of The Trenches, Flying Ace and Armada in the boy’s strand of the My Story series. He is also a TV script-writer for the BBC.

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