Murder at the God's Gate: A Lord Meren Mystery (Walker Mystery) - Hardcover

Robinson, Lynda S.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0802731988 ISBN 13: 9780802731982

Publisher: Walker & Co, 1995

Synopsis

When the life of the fourteen-year-old Pharaoh Tutankhamun is endangered, his agent, Lord Meren, embarks on a deadly mission, challenging the priests who threaten the young pharaoh and protecting him from the traitors in his own court.

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From the Inside Flap:

TFUL. . . Robinson makes ancient Thebes come alive as she describes the personalities, clothing, golden jewelry, the intrigue, and the smells of the desert, the terrors of a hippo hunt."
--San Francisco Examiner
When a priest dies in a mysterious fall from atop a statue of Tutankhamun, many consider the death a fateful one for the fourteen-year-old pharaoh and his reign.
Indeed, the Hittites are already at Egypt's borders, and the enemies of the late heretic pharaoh Akhenaten have transferred their implacable hatred to the young pharaoh. Concealed by the luxury of the court at Thebes lie viciousness, evil, and murder. Not even Lord Meren--the confidential inquiry agent who must see to the boy king's safety--can name the master plotters. But until the enemies of the living god are destroyed, neither his body nor his soul is safe from their deadly poison. . . .
"Robinson knowledgeably instructs readers in the cultural and political life of a fascinating period in histor

About the Author:

Lynda Robinson studied at the University of Texas, where she gained a Ph.D. in anthropology, specialising in archaeology. Murder at the God's Gate is the second of the Lord Meren mysteries. The first, Murder in the Place of Anubis, was published earlier this year - A&B will be publishing the entire series.

About this edition

• Publisher: Walker & Co
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0802731988
• ISBN 13: 9780802731982
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 236