River God (Anciet Egypt, #1)
by:
Wilbur Smith (author)
Ancient Egypt is the land of the Pharaohs, a kingdom built on gold as well as a legend shattered by greed. Now, the Valley of the Kings lies ravaged by war, drained of its lifeblood as weak men inherit the cherished crown. In the city of Thebes at the Festival of Osiris, loyal subjects of the...
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Ancient Egypt is the land of the Pharaohs, a kingdom built on gold as well as a legend shattered by greed. Now, the Valley of the Kings lies ravaged by war, drained of its lifeblood as weak men inherit the cherished crown. In the city of Thebes at the Festival of Osiris, loyal subjects of the Pharaoh gather to pay homage to their leader. But Taita - a wise and formidably gifted eunuch slave, sees him only as a symbol of a kingdom's fading glory. Beside Taita stand his proteges, Lostris, daughter of Lord Intef, beautiful beyond her fourteen years; and Tanus, proud, young army officer, who has vowed to avenge the death - at Intef's hand - of his father, and seize Lostris as his prize. Together they share a dream - to restore the majesty of the Pharaoh of Pharaohs on the glittering banks of the Nile.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780330449939 (0330449931)
Publish date: April 6th 2007
Publisher: Pan Books
Pages no: 662
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Adventure,
Novels,
Cultural,
Africa,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Mystery,
Thriller,
Action,
Egypt
Series: Ancient Egypt (#1)
bookshelves: re-read, re-visit-2013, summer-2013, published-1993, paper-read, adventure, afr-egypt, fraudio, medical-eew, amusing, execution, eye-scorcher, historical-masturbation, lifestyles-deathstyles, ouch, recreational-homicide, series, slaves, teh-brillianz, period-piece Read from January 01...
g myst Initial read was the paper version, now for a re-visit via audio, read by the author himself. This story starts out ~1780 BC an era of prosperity and expansion of political strength and economic horizons. Thebes became the capital. Pharaoh Mamosa is entirely fiction.This is just before the H...
a detailed and vivid descripton makes this book a good read.the detailing is so immaculate that you can conjure each scene however this book dosn't have a contant pace and thats irks a lots.
Wow, I finally finished it... It only took, um, 4 MONTHS! Okay, so it was a bit of a chunkster but still it shouldn't have taken me so long to read, if only I enjoyed it!I really didn't like the main characters of the story and I only finished reading the book because I wanted to know the ending (I...
I can't remember when I read this exactly, but I remember it was an engrossing read, with a bit of historical inaccuracies and some unbelievable stuff. I think it was will written that I didn't mind much.
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