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Violence
Barely any
Mild; period warfare and court intrigue at a distance
Language
None
No strong language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Period courtship; romantic but innocent in the Victorian tradition
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
None
No psychological concerns
What this book is about
Georg Ebers's 1877 historical novel is set in the Egypt of Rameses II and follows the fate of Uarda — the daughter of a humble soldier — whose beauty and goodness attract the attention of the royal court. Ebers was a pioneering German Egyptologist, and Uarda is filled with remarkable historical detail about daily life, religion, and court politics in ancient Egypt. One of the most popular historical novels of the Victorian era, widely translated.
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