When Gerald Winston, an English Egyptologist travelling on the Nile, meets Kara, who claims to be the last descendant of a royal Egyptian family, the scientistās curiosity is sparked by the story Kara tells. Is it true that Karaās ancestor Ahtka-Ra, High Priest of Ämen, ruled Rameses II as his puppet? As Winston tries to learn more about the strange Egyptian and his mysterious tale, he is drawn into Karaās insidious intrigues. A complex tale of embezzlement, forgery, arranged marriages, bigotry and cheating keep the reader guessing the outcome until the last chapter. āThe Last Egyptian: A Romance of the Nileā was the only adventure novel and the last adult work of fiction of L. Frank Baum, creator of the āWizard of Ozā, published eleven years after he wrote āMother Goose in Proseā which first introduced a little girl by the name of Dorothy. Enjoy this masterpiece.