- Hardcover: 352 pages
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd (3 Mar 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0743239431
- ISBN-13: 978-0743239431
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 766,297 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Third volume in the magnificent Queen Of Freedom trilogy, from the bestselling author of Ramses. Egypt, 17th century B.C. In the north, the barbaric Hyksos still rule with unimaginable brutality. Queen Ahotep, meanwhile, has recaptured much of the south - but at a terrible price: her husband killed in combat and her elder son, Kames, mysteriously poisoned. Ahotep refuses to be crowned pharaoh and prepares instead her second son, young Amose, to take power. But it's thanks to her that the Egyptians are now ready for the final battle. They lay siege to Avaris, the Hyksos capital - and once the city is taken, nothing further can stop them. After 100 years of occupation and thousands of violent deaths, it looks as though at last the Egyptian empire will rise again from the ashes - all thanks to the courage and determination of a woman.
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Born in Paris in 1947, Christian Jacq first visited Egypt when he was seventeen, went on to study Egyptology and archaeology at the Sorbonne, and is now one of the world's leading Egyptologists. He is the author of the internationally bestselling Ramses series, The Place Of Truth series and the stand-alone novel, The Black Pharaoh. Christian Jacq lives in Switzerland.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The third and final book of this series of three beautifully ties up all the loose ends while delightfully mixing historical Egyptian fact with fiction to bring ancient Egypt alive. As with all Jacq's books, the fact is so perfectly blended into the diverse and intruiging story that you don't realise where fact ends and fiction begins. He brings alive characters such as Quenn Ahotep with such beauty that Egyptian society feels like something you can reach out and touch. Fabulous story, perfectly written and well worth reading! I read the whole series in a week as I couldn't put them down and have now moved on to another Jacq series, Rameses.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Extremely poor writing and complete historical inaccuracy. The characters are all zero-dimensional, which is the number of stars I'd give this book if I could, and utterly unbelievable. The series does not improve in the final book from the first and second instalments, but remains consistently terrible throughout. The writing is wooden and frankly, awful. If you thought the dialogue was repetitive in book one, you're in for a mind-numbing time here as, yes, they're still having the same conversations in this book as they did in the first one! Almost word for word in some cases. The characters consist of annoying Ahhotep and her bland buddies, plus supervillain Apophis and his creeping minions. They had no depth, no pathos, not remotely resembling a complex, living, breathing real person at all. Much of the action is pure fantasy, and badly written fantasy at that. I like to write more in my reviews usually, but there was literally nothing I could find to praise about this book. I would warn people interested in ancient Egypt away from this book.
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The 'Queen of Freedom' trilogy is one of my most favourite works of fiction. The series begins with a great people in a choke hold of oppression. Series one of 'the Queen of Freedom' trilogy, 'the Empire of DarknessThe Empire of Darkness (The Queen of Freedom Trilogy) begins with a ravaged Egypt brought to its knees by the Hyksos- a war loving people led by an evil dictator. Only the city of Thebes is free. A young Princess takes up the challenge of freeing her people. Mr. Jacq brings these people to life. The characters are rich and the plot, brilliant. The 'bad guys' are wicked and creepy.Duplicity is rife. A superb tale of courage is interwoven nicely with historical fact. Jacq does remind us that one of the main characters, the heroic Pharaoh, Seqen's war torn,battle scarred mummy can be seen to-day.Series two,'the War of the Crowns'The War of the Crowns (The Queen of Freedom Trilogy) follows through nicely to the next generation of freedom fighters. Finally, the third in the series,'the Flaming Sword' is one of those books that you do not want to put down. Although history has recorded the 'ending',as it were...there are still traitors in the story to be unmasked.
Even if Ancient Egypt or historical fiction is not your 'cup of tea', I would bet anything you are sure to enjoy this series.
Even if Ancient Egypt or historical fiction is not your 'cup of tea', I would bet anything you are sure to enjoy this series.
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Unbelievably bad!
Allegedly a bestseller. I got to page 40 before giving up!
I enjoy historical novels and have read a number of excellent books set in ancient Egypt. Read more
Published on 3 Aug 2004
A Heroine! A Goddess! A Fascinating Tale of History.
Volume three in the "Queen of Freedom" trilogy finds the Hyksos invaders under the Emperor Apophis commanding the North of Egypt while the Thebans under Queen Ahhotep have retaken... Read more
Published on 19 Jun 2004 by N. D. Harmon
Part of one the greatest trilogies ever
This book (along with the previous two) is worth a 5 Star rating. This whole trilogy manages to mix fact with fiction in a way which would be impossible with most authors these... Read more
Published on 12 Jun 2004 by Mr. R. J. Dyer
Flaming Good Read
This book along with the other two in the series are excellent edge of the seat read which will keep you griped all the way through i read this book an the east bank of the nile... Read more
Published on 19 May 2004 by daryl stephenson
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