{"product_id":"house-of-two-pharaohs","title":"House of Two Pharaohs","description":"\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;The multi-million copy bestseller Wilbur Smith is back with his most thrilling novel yet\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Hidden in the shadows, an evil will rise . . .\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Piay, appointed Nomarch of Memphis by the God-Pharoah Rameses, has transformed his city, rebuilding the famous white walls, feeding the once starving citizens and returning the wealth plundered by the barbarian Hyksos.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;But when a murdered scribe is found sealed inside the city's newly-constructed vault - with the mark of Anubis, god of death, scrawled next to him in blood - panic tears through the people.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Piay calls on the only man in Egypt he knows can discover the truth: his mentor, the great sage Taita. But soon after Taita's arrival in Memphis, the bloody mark of Anubis appears again.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Taita and Piay are pitted against a criminal mastermind turned warlord. The pair's adversary has a simple, brutal aim: restore the Red Pretender's kingdom - and obliterate Rameses's forces.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Drawn into a desperate battle of wits, can Taita and Piay finally reunite the two kingdoms? Or will the shadow of the Red Pretender tear Egypt apart once again?\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Who will survive the battle in the house of the two pharaohs?\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Praise for Wilbur Smith\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;'A master storyteller' Sunday Times\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;'No one does adventure quite like Smith' Daily Mirror\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;'Best historical novelist' Stephen King \u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57490331271541,"sku":"9781838776398","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781838776398.jpg?v=1786442219","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/house-of-two-pharaohs","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}