Maat

The Pharaoh Ay, murderer of Tutankhamen and conniving political manipulator, with his ambitions clearly set on throne of Egypt; or was he? Ay was born in Egypt's late 18th dynasty during the reign of Amenhotep III whose occupancy of the throne saw Egypt reach the very zenith of its power and influence. Akhenaten marries Nefertiti and succeeds to his father's throne and then proceeds to found a new religion he moves Egypt's capital from Thebes to Amarna, in the eyes of many Egyptians he has committed nothing less than heresy. It is Ay's destiny to be an instrument of the state, bound as he was by filial duty and the mindset of his time. He was literally trapped in the gilded world of three of Egypt's most famous Pharaoh's,
Tutankhamen almost intact tomb gave the world the a mere glimpse into the wealth and beauty of late 18th dynasty Egyptian art. By contrast the Egypt portrayed in this book is a real place inhabited by living breathing people who you can readily identify with. They exhibit all the virtues and vices of their time and ours lust, greed , and vanity aplenty but also love loyalty and trust what you are presented with in this book is not just the tattered remains of tombs and temples but a great civilisation grappling with the same difficulties we still face to this very day. The myth which has obscured our view of Ay, one time Pharaoh of Egypt is finally dispelled in this book revealing a real human being behind the imposed mask of villainy.