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Scroll Of Saqqara (Hardcover)

by Pauline Gedge (Author)

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Hardcover: 460 pages
Publisher: Viking Canada (AHC); 1st edition edition (Aug 29 1990)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0670835498
ISBN-13: 978-0670835492
Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 15.2 x 3.3 cm
Shipping Weight: 862 g

Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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Prince Khaemwaset is a powerful man. The son of Ramses II and a revered physician, his wisdom is respected throughout Egypt. But Khaemwaset harbours a strong and secret desire-to find the mysterious Scroll of Thoth and receive the power to raise the dead.

When Khaemwaset hears of the discovery of a hidden tomb on the plain of Saqqara, he is quick to break its seal and take its secrets-secrets that he soon learns he should never have disturbed.

Richly detailed with the exotic realities of Ancient Egypt, Scroll of Saqqara is a compelling tale of power, lust, and obsession. --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

About the Author

Pauline Gedge is the award-winning and bestselling author of eleven previous novels, eight of which are inspired by Egyptian history. Her first, Child of the Morning, won the Alberta Search-for-a-New Novelist Competition. In France , her second novel, The Eagle and the Raven, received the Jeanne Boujassy Award from the Société des Gens des Lettres, and The Twelfth Transforming, the second of her Egyptian novels, won the Writers Guild of Alberta Best Novel of the Year Award. Her books have sold more than 250,000 copies in Canada alone; worldwide, they have sold more than six million copies and have been translated into eighteen languages. Pauline Gedge lives in Alberta .

--This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Published as "Mirage" in the US, Jul 12 2000

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Though not as strong as most of her novels, Scroll of Saqqara is nonetheless interesting and a good read. This novel parallels very closely the ancient Egyptian story of Setna Khamuas. The main character in Mirage is prince Khaemwaset, who is historically a son of Ramses II and was regarded by the Egyptians as a great practitioner of magic. He is considered by modern scholars to be perhaps the first archaeologist and restorer of ancient antiquities. In the course of his restoration projects, Khaemwaset discovers an ancient unmarked tomb. Upon breaking the seals and entering, he discovers that this tomb is unlike any that he has ever before seen. Something dark resides here. Although the evidence confirms that this tomb has never before been opened, the lids of the two sarcophagi are askew and reveal the occupants... an ancient prince and his wife are entombed here. Sewn to the hand of the prince is a scroll. Khaemwaset removes the scroll with the intent to copy it for posterity, return it to the owner, and reseal the tomb. This is an ancient scroll which contains a magical spell. Not realizing the contents, Khaemwaset reads the scroll and sets in motion a magic of the darkest kind. This is a tale of greed, lust, and the consequences they entail. It is an ancient story which Ms. Gedge details in vivid prose. The fruits of darkness can be sweet indeed, but their aftertaste is acidic and deadly.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Still interesting after all these years, Dec 4 2008

By	Katherine Mann (Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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I might have entirely agreed with the review posted above, except that I have come back to this novel year after year, and enjoyed it still. The tale still haunts ... I'll give it a five, if only to say that the weakest of Gedge's novels about ancient Egypt are so much better than anything else out there as to be outstanding.

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