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Read Eene Egyptische Koningsdochter in Dutchwith every sentence explained
English title: An Egyptian Princess
Georg Ebers · 1864
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About the book
Eene Egyptische Koningsdochter by Georg Ebers was first published in 1864. In Passage you read the full text in the Dutch translation by Hendrik Cornelis Rogge, marked advanced and filed under historical fiction and romance. It runs to about 179,600 words.
Egypt and Persia, 6th century BC. A royal bride sent far from home — into a web of court intrigue.
The mighty Persian king Cambyses asks for the hand of an Egyptian princess. The ageing Pharaoh Amasis dares not refuse, and sends Nitetis, a gentle, lovely girl raised at his court, on the long road to Babylon. There, amid the dazzling splendour of the Persian court, she wins the heart of the fiery young king — and the hatred of jealous rivals, scheming courtiers and a powerful palace eunuch.
Meanwhile, in Egypt, secrets surrounding Nitetis' birth threaten the throne, and Greek adventurers, Persian princes and Egyptian priests are drawn into a drama that will decide the fate of two empires.
Georg Ebers was a renowned Egyptologist, and An Egyptian Princess (1864), rich in authentic detail, became one of the best-selling historical novels of the 19th century. This classic Dutch translation brings its colourful ancient world vividly to life.
- Author
- Georg Ebers
- First published
- 1864
- Language
- Dutch
- Translated by
- Hendrik Cornelis Rogge
- Level
- Advanced
- Genre
- Historical Fiction, Romance
- Length
- About 179,600 words
How it opens
De Nijl was buiten zijne oevers getreden. Daar, waar anders het oog met welgevallen rustte op weelderige akkers en bloeiende velden, breidde zich thans heinde en verre eene onmetelijke watervlakte uit. Alleen de door dammen beschermde steden, met hare reusachtige tempels en paleizen, de daken der dorpen en de kronen der hoogstammige palmen en der bladerrijke sykomoren verhieven zich boven den waterspiegel. De wilgenboomen lieten hunne takken nederhangen in den vloed, terwijl de hooge zilverpopulieren, met hunne naar boven gerichte takken, het vochtige element schenen te willen ontwijken.
Reading Eene Egyptische Koningsdochter in Passage
Passage sets the book as a quiet, paginated reader in Dutch. Read at your own pace, and when a sentence stops you, tap it. You get:
- a natural translation of that exact sentence,
- a short note on the grammar, in plain words,
- the key words, which you can save with the sentence they came from,
- all of it in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Turkish or Portuguese, whichever you read best.
It's marked advanced, with richer vocabulary and longer sentences. If it feels heavy, start with an intermediate Dutch book and come back to it. The words you save come back later in short review games, so the book keeps teaching after you close it.
