The novel "Sisters" by Georg Ebers takes place in Memphis, the oldest capital of Egypt, during the reign of Queen Cleopatra. The brother of her husband, King Ptolemy Philometer, the ruler of Alexandria Everget is plotting. He seeks to take possession of the crown and become the sole ruler of Upper and Lower Egypt... But the description of the complex political life of that time serves only as a background in which the love story of two beautiful sisters, full of drama, unfolds, one of whom becomes involved in the ingenious intrigues of the royal court.