Janet Tamaren brings the Bronze Age to life with “Ugarit: Tales of a Lost City.”
Lose yourself in historical fiction with Yoninah, a healer in the ancient city.
Ugarit: Tales of a Lost City
About the author
Janet Tamaren is a retired physician who practiced for two decades in rural Kentucky. Now living in Denver with her husband, she enjoys writing and is the author of a medical memoir and a guide to Hebrew Bible stories. She began writing “Ugarit” during the COVID lockdown.
Epic romance
Come visit the ancient city of Ugarit. The year is 1190 BC. Ugarit is a sophisticated city of trade on the sun-drenched shores of the eastern Mediterranean. It pulses with life, trade, and courtly intrigues. Meet Yoninah, a gifted healer who offers herbs and amulets to ease her neighbors’ pain. When an ex-soldier from Troy stumbles into her life, he reawakens memories she thought long-buried.
Rooted in history
Rich with historical and archaeological detail and inspired by newly-translated cuneiform tablets
unearthed from Ugarit’s ashes, “Ugarit” brings to life the final days of a cosmopolitan world on the brink of collapse – a sweeping tale of courage and resilience at the twilight of the Bronze Age.
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Chapter 1: A solar eclipse. A solar eclipse did take place in 1192 BC, as described in Eric Cline’s (page 109, 1177 BC). A cuneiform tablet was found in the ruins of Ugarit that described an eclipse. I relocated the eclipse for narrative effect to 1190 BC. In the ancient Near East, eclipses were understood…
What happens in Ugarit stays in Ugarit
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