Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. In a black-lettered leaf-green cloth spine over grass-green boards; in a illustrated dust jacket with striking artwork by Leo and Diane Dillon. Historical novel of the XVIII dynasty pharaoh, Akhenaten, told from the perspective of his strong, proud mother, Empress Tiye, who effectively ruled Egypt for years. Gedge's earlier Egyptian novel, CHILD OF THE MORNING was hailed by critics.