This volume investigates the historical records and political influence of the Nubian kings who ruled over Egypt during the Twenty-fifth Dynasty. E. A. Wallis Budge, a prominent Egyptologist and former curator at the British Museum, utilizes his extensive expertise in hieroglyphic translation to analyze primary source inscriptions. The text provides a scholarly framework for understanding the complex geopolitical relationship between the Kushite rulers and the Egyptian state, focusing on the legitimacy and military campaigns of these monarchs.

Experts recognize this work as a foundational, albeit dated, resource for those studying the specific historical period of the Kushite occupation of Egypt. Readers frequently note the academic density of the prose and the reliance on early twentieth-century archaeological interpretations.