The Quest
by:
Wilbur Smith (author)
A spectacular epic adventure set in ancient Egypt from one of the world's most celebrated novelists
A spectacular epic adventure set in ancient Egypt from one of the world's most celebrated novelists
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781405005807 (1405005807)
Publish date: April 6th 2007
Publisher: Macmillan
Pages no: 718
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Adventure,
Cultural,
Africa,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Mystery,
Thriller,
Action,
Egypt,
African Literature,
Egyptian Literature
Series: Ancient Egypt (#4)
Completamente diverso dai precedenti volumi della saga egizia, questo più che un romanzo storico è quasi un fantasy... Magie, incantesimi e vari eventi soprannaturali sono la spina dorsale della trama. Lo stesso Taita, il mitico Longevo dall'intelletto acuto, che ricordiamo come poeta, scrittore, ar...
Pharoah sends for Taita, the only man who might be able to win through to the source of the Nile and discover the cause of all their woes. Lots of man-root action, and way too Blavatsky-esque for comfortable reading. No wonder I couldn't recall the storyline here.Re-read encounter drops this down to...
This was probably the worst of the Egyptian novels. It was still good, but it just wasn't up to Smith's general standard.
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