The Horus Road (Lords of the Two Lands, Vol. 3) - Softcover

Gedge, Pauline

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9780140284737: The Horus Road (Lords of the Two Lands, Vol. 3)

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ISBN 10: 0140284737 ISBN 13: 9780140284737

Publisher: Penguin Canada, 2001

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At the end of the Twelfth Dynasty, the Egyptians found themselves in the hands of a foreign power they knew as Setiu, the "Rulers of Uplands."A gradual and mostly bloodless invasion had brought the Setiu kings to power, rulers who cared little for the country as a whole, plundering it for their own ends. By the middle of the Seventeenth Dynasty they are still securely entrenched in Egypt, ruling from their capital, Het-Uart, in the Delta.

But one family in Thebes, claiming descent from the last true King in Egypt, cannot accept the rule of the Setiu king Apepa.

Lords of the Two Lands, Pauline Gedge's three-volume epic, chronicles the courageous and often tragic struggle of the Tao Princes, Seqenenra and his sons Kamose and Ahmose, to free their country from the reign of the Setiu.

In The Horus Road, the riveting final volume of the trilogy, Ahmose vows to continue the struggle that has taken the lives of his father and brother Kamose. He knows that he must lay seige to the Setiu capital, Het-Uart, and break through its formidable defences. But military might alone will not be enough to breach the city's walls. He will need a miracle from Amun. Nor can he imagine how devious Apepa will be in his attempt to rob the Tao family of its chance at total victory.

Impeccably researched, flawlessly crafted, The Horus Road concludes Pauline Gedge's fascinating epic tale set against the glorious sweep of Egyptian history.

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About the Author:

PAULINE GEDGE is the award-winning and bestselling author of thirteen previous novels, ten 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 Jean Boujassy award from the Soci�t� 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.

From Publishers Weekly:

Chronicling the struggle between Egypt's native kings and the foreign Setiu rulers during the 12th dynasty, Gedge's Lords of the Two Lands trilogy sweeps to completion in this hefty final volume (following The Hippopotamus March and The Oasis). Although readers unfamiliar with the previous novels may peruse the helpful foreword, a list of 62 characters featuring such confusingly similar names as Ahmose, Ahmose-onkh, Ahmose Abana and Ankhmahor may daunt newcomers. Ahmose Tao, youngest son of the first rebel pharaoh, takes up the reins of power against Setiu King Apepa, who has claimed the uplands and caused the death of Ahmose's father and brother. Upon crowning himself King, Ahmose leaves the village of Weset and his sister/wife, Aahmes-nefertari, to lead the army toward Het-Uart, the Setiu royal home. They plan to storm the walled city and seize control of the crucial Horus Road. When Apepa's greatest general dies in battle, he closes the city, and Ahmose's army must hold vigil until Het-Uart crumbles. Back in Weset, Queen Aahmes-nefertari is lavishly rebuilding her family's empire and enjoying the authority accorded her by her husband's absence. When Ahmose returns, their growing coolness toward each other is exacerbated by the death of their daughter and another ill-fated birth. Ahmose leaves again for battle, where Apepa escapes his army and flees to Rethennu. As the Egyptians continue their march after Apepa, Ahmose endeavors to oust the Setiu, unite the realm and restore glory to his gods, whatever the price. Gedge's meticulous research is rendered in able prose; unfortunately, the novel often sinks under the weight of historical detail and long, drawn-out battle scenes. More fictionalizing and a few editorial cuts would have made the going less laborious.

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