No period in egyptian history has been the source of so much fascination as the reign Of Akhenaten, the xviii dynasty pharaoh whose impetuous government took his country to the brink of disaster. In, Pauline Gedge tells ...No period in egyptian history has been the source of so much fascination as the reign Of Akhenaten, the xviii dynasty pharaoh whose impetuous government took his country to the brink of disaster. In, Pauline Gedge tells the rich and dramatic story Of Akhenaten's catastrophic rule -- and of the empress tiye, whose efforts to save her beloved country from her pharaoh son unwittingly bring a curse upon the land.