Pharaoh's Son [Paperback]

Diana M. Wilder (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1999

The colossal statue of Pharaoh comes crashing down into a throng of worshippers, bringing the festival day of the good god Ptah to a sudden, bloody end. When the great temple of Ptah in Memphis becomes the scene of a chilling series of murders that appear to be tied to the disaster, Prince Khaemwaset, Vizier of the North, High Priest of Ptah and fourth son of Ramesses the great, is faced with questions that grow more ominous with every answer he finds.
Increasingly entangled in the enigmatic past, he appeals to Pharaoh for help and is sent an ally in the person of his brother Hori, Crown Prince of Egypt, whose courage and resourcefulness are only surpassed by his ability to make enemies.
The brothers pursue the riddle through the dark, coffin-choked halls of the pyramids and into the labyrinthine passageways of the great temple itself to find the answers in a moonlit confrontation beneath the silent gaze of the gods, illuminating a scandal of betrayal and murder that involves the royal family itself.

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: 1st Book Library (January 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1585006637
• ISBN-13: 978-1585006632
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,921,795 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Thinking person's mystery, March 30, 2000

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Not a book for someone who wants a story with slam-bang action, sex, rough stuff and smart repartee which can be read in 90 minutes. This is a complex mystery which unfolds slowly and involves issues of duty, honor, integrity, respect for tradition and reverence for the gods challenged by duplicity and greed, in a society existing thousands of years ago peopled by characters who, under different names, exist today. The author seems to know about the way people in that time lived and behaved. The book involves people who actually existed; their names and likenesses come down to us through history. If the events in the story did not actually happen, they could have, and the characters the author gives us would have reacted as they do in the book. This book requires the reader to contribute time and thought to the story; if one does so the reward is well worth the effort.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ancient Egypt at its best, July 9, 2002

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Anyone who loves to read about Ancient Egypt is going to love this one. It keeps you turning the pages and changing your mind about the "who done it?". It's descriptive enough about the time, place and surroundings to transport you to ancient Memphis, without being to flowery in that description to bog down the actual plot and development of the characters. I loved this book and recommend it to any and all "arm chair" Egyptologists out there, like me, traveling through the pages of a book.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pharaoh's son - a good read, February 25, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Pharaoh's Son (Paperback)

I have read this book and enjoyed it immensely. It opens with a festival in the City of Memphis, Egypt during the Reign of Ramses II; while a parade is being formed a 40 ft statue falls on the crowd of revelers. The mystery begins with how the statue came to fall and moves through the why. The Royal family of Egypt and the Priesthood of the god Ptah become interwoven into the intrigue. I found the main characters well drawn and would not hesitate to recommend this book.