The Last Pharaoh (novel)
The Last Pharaoh was the first novel published by Thebes Publishing and premiered their Erimem series. The series was licensed and edited by Iain McLaughlin and is set following the events of The Bride of Peladon.
Publisher's summary
After a freak electrical storm that seems to happen indoors, a young woman is found in the Egyptian exhibit of a London museum, and she seems to look exactly like the face on the death-mask of the uncrowned Pharaoh Erimem…
What is she doing inside the exhibit? How did she get there? Is she really a Pharaoh from 1400BC? And just who is willing to search time and space to find and assassinate her?
THE LAST PHARAOH is the first in a series of novels and short story anthologies taking Erimem, a former companion of the 5th Doctor, on a new set of adventures travelling to the past, the future and into deep space. THE LAST PHARAOH takes Erimem and a group of 21st century students far into the past, to Actium in Greece where Erimem meets the famed Cleopatra VII on the eve of a vital battle which could end Egypt’s existence as a free country and condemn it to life as a Roman province. Two great rulers of Egypt come into conflict over what Egypt needs to do in order to survive, and both Erimem and Cleopatra face their own personal battles for survival.
Plot
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Characters
- Erimem
- Ibrahim Hadmani
- Helena Abnett
- Tom Niven
- Andy Hansen
- Anna Whitaker
- Cleopatra
- Mark Antony
- Lansing
- Arthur Booth
- John Quinn
- Olinda
- Raymar
- Archibald
- O'Reilly
- Llewellyn
- Charmion
- Iras
- Leon Davis
References
- Ibrahim thinks about having to write an e-mail response to a "Doctor Smith" for his or her "intriguing suggestions."
- Andy expected Cleopatra to look like Elizabeth Taylor.
- Ibrahim's bullet wound causes him to think about the American crime dramas his girlfriend enjoys watching, CSI and NCIS.
Notes
- This book contained a foreward by Caroline Morris, the actress who played Erimem in the Big Finish audio stories.
Continuity
- Cleopatra VII is described as looking more Greek than Egyptian. (PROSE: The Lonely Computer)
- Erimem refers to General Antranak, her mentor and the man who taught her how to be a warrior. (AUDIO: The Eye of the Scorpion, PROSE: The Coming of the Queen)
- Andy refers to Cleopatra as "Cleo." Mickey Smith said the Tenth Doctor also called her by that nickname. (TV: The Girl in the Fireplace)
- Andy was shocked to discover Cleopatra was nowhere near as beautiful as history and movies seemed to suggest. The Tenth Doctor previously told Donna Noble that her beauty was greatly exaggerated as well. (PROSE: Ghosts of India)
