Softcover

ISBN 10: 0099460165 ISBN 13: 9780099460169

Publisher: Arrow, 2006

In Israel, in the turbulent first century, a baby is born to a humble Jewish family - but to a great destiny. His is an uneasy childhood, as he begins to come to terms with his extraordinary powers, and the whispered mysteries surrounding his birth. The tyrannical rule of King Herod has driven the family from the Holy Land to the relative safety of cosmopolitan Alexandria. But on Herod's death, they decide to return home to Israel, to Galilee, a troubled land under Roman occupation, at a time of chaos and turmoil, insurrection and confusion...

From the Author:

Motion picture rights to Christ the Lord, Out of Egypt, have been optioned by Cyrus and Betsy Nowrasteh and Chris Columbus of the 1492 company. Cyrus and Betsy Nowrasteh have written the script.   The movie is in development. (2010). Cyrus Nowrasteh directed The Stoning of Soraya M, from a script written by him with his wife Betsy.

About the Author:

Anne Rice is the author of more than thirty internationally bestselling books including `The Mayfair Witches' sequence, `The Songs of the Seraphim' and `The Wolf Gift Chronicles'. The phenomenon that became `The Vampire Chronicles' started with Interview with a Vampire in 1976, later made into a film starring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt, and culminated with Blood Canticle in 2003. Prince Lestat, published in 2014, and her new novel, Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis, are the first new Vampire Chronicle novels for over a decade. Anne Rice lives in California.