Author of child of the morning, the twelfth transforming, house of dreams, the eagle and the raven, the oasis, the horus road, the hippopotamus marsh, scroll of saqqara pauline gedge open library donate. Sep 04, 2007 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 secretssecrets that he soon learns he should never have disturbed. Feb 21, 2016 folklore mingles with history in this fastpaced novel that seems to chronicle the life of khaemswaset, a minor son of ramses the great, but instead reveals itself to be a chilling and goosebumpsensuring, sometimes angsty, egyptian ghost story. Mar 02, 2015 for historical fiction, i can highly recommend the lord of the two lands series by pauline gedge. Scroll of saqqara by pauline gedge fantastic fiction. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Pauline gedge is the awardwinning and bestselling author of thirteen previous novels, ten of which are inspired by egyptian history. Welcome,you are looking at books for reading, the scroll of saqqara by pauline gedge, you will able to read or download in pdf or epub books and notice some of author may have lock the live reading for some of country. Ebook pauline gedge as pdf download portable document format.
A scroll from the old french escroe or escroue, also known as a roll, is a roll of papyrus, parchment, or paper containing writing. A novel by pauline gedge a tale of magic, power and unnatural lust set in ancient egypt. Pauline gedge is a star of a writer, and scroll of saqqara is a hidden gem of a book whose complex characters and searing plot will stay with you long after youve turned the last page. In child of the morning pauline has told the fascinating story of this amazing woman from girlhood through her reign, during which she mastered the arts of war and government and extended egypts empire. Official site of awardwinning novelist pauline gedge. The first edition of the novel was published in 1990, and was written by pauline gedge. The son of ramses ii and a revered physician, his wisdom is respected throughout egypt. Since the publication of her prizewinning first novel, child of the morning, pauline gedge s historical novels have found more than six million readers in eighteen languages. Free download or read online child of the morning pdf epub book. After living for a time in england, she came with her family to canada. Pauline has written novels till now, which have together sold a total of 6 million printed copies all over the world. Buy scroll of saqqara book online at best prices in india on. Scroll of saqqara by pauline gedge download pdfepub.
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