- Mass Market Paperback: 248 pages
- Publisher: Ballantine Books Inc.; 1st Ballantine Books Ed edition (1 Mar 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0345395328
- ISBN-13: 978-0345395320
- Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 9.1 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 710,512 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"DELICIOUS . . . Robinson makes history live and breathe again."
*The New York Times Book Review
The small group gathered at Lord Meren's country house to celebrate his homecoming is soon to become yet smaller. Beautiful Anhai, Meren's cousin-in-law, falls victim to murder--an act of violence as inscrutable as the sphinx. True, she had myriad lovers and a scorpion tongue, but why was her body arranged so meticulously, as if for sleep? The most dreadful possibility is that the crime has to do with Lord Meren's awesome undercover mission for the pharaoh, for which his feast of rejoicing is in part a cover. This mission cannot, must not, fail. Ruthlessly stripping bare the deepest secrets of the nest of cobras who are his nearest relatives, Meren finds the thread that leads to the truth and the unmasking of a shocking crime in the court of the living god. . . .
"As Robinson deftly juggles ancient Egyptian political intrigue and a riveting mystery, she proves again her mastery of the historical whodunit."
*Publishers Weekly (starred review)
*The New York Times Book Review
The small group gathered at Lord Meren's country house to celebrate his homecoming is soon to become yet smaller. Beautiful Anhai, Meren's cousin-in-law, falls victim to murder--an act of violence as inscrutable as the sphinx. True, she had myriad lovers and a scorpion tongue, but why was her body arranged so meticulously, as if for sleep? The most dreadful possibility is that the crime has to do with Lord Meren's awesome undercover mission for the pharaoh, for which his feast of rejoicing is in part a cover. This mission cannot, must not, fail. Ruthlessly stripping bare the deepest secrets of the nest of cobras who are his nearest relatives, Meren finds the thread that leads to the truth and the unmasking of a shocking crime in the court of the living god. . . .
"As Robinson deftly juggles ancient Egyptian political intrigue and a riveting mystery, she proves again her mastery of the historical whodunit."
*Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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As an amateur student of Egyptology and one fascinated with the era of the Heretic King Akhenaten and his immediate successors, I must say that Lynda S. Robinson does more than any other author I've ever seen to bring the people, as well as the politics, of the time to clear and shining view. It is so easy to reduce the Egyptian civilization to a few gods, a few mummies, and a bunch of stone edifices, but Dr. Robinson has a gift for turning faces and names into real people, not so different from us. (Her description of Lord Meren's Feast of Rejoicing will have many people ruefully remembering their last family reunion or holiday gathering.) The only, *only* nitpick I have with her interpretation is the way she portrays the Great Royal Wife Ankhesenamun as being antagonistic toward her husband, Tutankhamun, but since she's the Egyptologist, I defer to her better judgment. :)
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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I enjoyed this book very much. The author's eye for historical detail is marvelous, and the mystery was interesting. I have one complaint though. I have not read the prior books in the series so I have no idea how old Lord Meren and his children are or what they look like. I had a hard time picturing these characters and that kept me from thoroughly enjoying the story.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I love the series of Lord Meren mysteries,I have read all of the books and I am anxiously await- ing the next episodes and escapades of his fascin- ating life. Lynda Robinson is wonderful at her craft. I give raves to all her work.
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Really good ancient Egyptian mystery series
The author, Lynda S. Robinson, holds a PhD in anthropology. Apparently, her husband bet her she could put it to use writing mysteries set in the past. Read more
Published on 14 Dec 2008 by gilly8
Murder in Ancient Egypt
As far as Lord Meren is concerned, there is not much reason for rejoicing in this entry in Lynda S. Robinson's series of mysteries set in ancient Egypt. Read more
Published on 28 April 1998
A history teacher recommends this book
As a teacher of ancient history in a very large high school, I highly recommend this book. Ms. Robinson has done an outstanding job of introducing those of us in the present to... Read more
Published on 4 Jun 1997
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