The book is set in the period of the return of the pharaoh from emigration to Egypt and the power of Rome to restore him to the throne. A year after the return of the pharaoh to Alexandria, Ptolemy begins preparing his daughter for reign over Egypt. For impoverished Egypt during the period of suppression of the conspiracy to overthrow Ptolemy XII, the pharaoh decides to initiate his daughter into the secrets of the treasury of Egypt, which is under the care of the high priest of the Temple of…
