Wilbur Smith Egyptian Series 5 Books Bundle Collection (Desert God, The Quest, Warlock, The Seventh Scroll, River God)

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Santaularia i Capdevila, Isabel (2000). Representations of masculinity in Wilbur Smith's Courtney Saga. Contextual Causes and Strategies of Authorial Control (Thesis). Universitat de Lleida. ISBN 9788469317723. What Smith did so well with this one, is that you truly see Piay's growth into a man of measure. His stubborn hubris is whittled away by the suffering he faces, and lessons he learns through his mistakes. Towards the end of his journey, he is a man worthy of the title given to him; 'Master Spy.'

Wilbur Smith has a major new 10-book deal – including a return to Egypt with a thrilling new series! The central conflict of the novel is the Hyksos invasion, which took place approximately 100 years after the claimed date of 1780. 1780 was approximately the beginning of the Thirteenth dynasty of Egypt: The Hyksos have been assigned to the Fifteenth dynasty of Egypt. [5] Thus, it is not possible to relate characters and events in the novel to specific characters and events in history.I found the precedent three books bad but enjoyable. This one is just amazing. I have read it out of curiosity, how insane can it get? I do hope for the mental health of Mr. Smith that Taita is not his alter ego. I will read the next (and last one), just to assert whether this was just a crisis of sorts.

The Quest was everything I love about a book. Epic historical adventure story with well-defined good vs. evil characters of an interesting time (ancient Egypt) with fascinating characters, magic, mythology, intrigue, battles, and surprises, set against an unlikely journey. You follow the adventures of the wise Taita, an old magus (wise-man / teacher / magician) who has already lived the life span of 4 generations of Egyptians, as he is sent by the Pharoah to uncover why the Nile has dried-up by traveling to its source deep in the unexplored depths of Africa. With a loyal following of 100 men Taita faces every challenge the journey has to offer from the un-relenting desert heat to the poisonous flies of endless bamboo swamps, all while withstanding the mental battering from a powerful witch and exploring the presence of an un-known yet familiar presence on the ‘ether’ that seems to be guiding his steps. He met his fourth wife, a Tadjik woman named Mokhiniso Rakhimova, in a WHSmith bookstore in London on 18 January 2000. [2] The two fell in love and married in Cape Town in May 2000. She was a law student studying at Moscow University and younger than him by 39 years. On their relationship, Smith said: L'unico personaggio femminile del libro è un insieme di stereotipi, la tipica donna scritta da un uomo che non è molto realistica e non rende giustizia, secondo me, a quello che realmente poteva essere il personaggio.Its just awful. I only finished it so I could leave a rating. It started out at a 3 then a 2 then in the last third of the book everything became so clunky, boring and the characters so dull that I had no doubt this is a 1 star review. Testament, the latest in Wilbur’s bestselling Ancient Egyptian series, co-authored by Mark Chadbourn, will be published in September 2023. Following on from The New Kingdom in September 2021, and Titans of War in 2022, Testament opens with the Egyptian victory over the invading Hyksos army in Thebes and a divided Egypt in desperate need of leadership to restore its fortunes. 2024 will see a final adventure to complete Wilbur’s vision for this story arc set in the world of his beloved character Taita.

Wilbur Smith, author of Those in Peril, answers Ten Terrifying Questions". Booktopia. 22 March 2011 . Retrieved 22 March 2013.A new threat to the kingdom emerges— the warlike Hyksos. Equipped with the horse and chariot, as well as a superior recurved bow, their technological superiority gives them power far greater than the Egyptian army's. The Pharaoh is killed, forcing a majority of the Egyptian nobility (including Lostris, Tanus, and Taita) to flee Egypt by heading up the Nile with the remaining army.