Born in Paris, Jacq's interest in egyptology began when he was thirteen, and read History of Ancient Egyptian Civilization by Jacques Pirenne. This inspired him to write his first novel. By the time he was 18, he had written 8 books.
His first commercially successful book was Champollion the Egyptian, published in 1987.
He and his wife have also founded the Ramses Institute, which is dedicated to creating a photographic description of Egypt for the preservation of endangered archaeological sites.
In 1995, he published his best selling five book suit about Ramses II, which is today published in over twenty-five countries.
As of 2004, he has written over fifty books, including several non-fiction books on the subject of Egyptology.
ChristianJacq (born 1947) is a French author and Egyptologist.
Jacq's series offers a simplified vision of the life of the pharaoh: he has two vile power-hungry siblings, Shanaar, his decadent older brother, and Dolora, his corrupted older sister who married his teacher.
Jacq gives Ramesses only three biological children: Kha'emweset, Meritamen (she being the only child of Nefertari, the two others being from Iset) and Merneptah.
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