Joseph and His Brothers. Volume 1

«Joseph and His Brothers» — a large tetralogy, which Thomas Mann worked on from 1926 to 1942 and which he considered his most significant work.

The plot of the biblical tale of Joseph the Beautiful is placed by the author in the historical context of the reign of Amenhotep III and his son, the «heretic pharaoh» Akhenaten, in order to tell the legend in more detail and vividly, creating an engaging historical saga based on it.