- Hardcover: 496 pages
- Publisher: Macmillan (7 April 1995)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0333583213
- ISBN-13: 978-0333583210
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16 x 4.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (46 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 384,803 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"A high-tech treasure hunt from a master storyteller at the top of his considerable form."
- "Kirkus Reviews"
"Great adventure...a smashing story."
- "Ocala Star-Banner"
"Intoxicating...a heady mix of exotic adventure, romance and Egyptology. Smith is a master." - "Publishers Weekly"
"Life-threatening dangers loom around every turn, leaving the reader breathless...an incredibly exciting and satisfying read."
- "Chattanooga Free Press"
--This text refers to the Paperback edition.
- "Kirkus Reviews"
"Great adventure...a smashing story."
- "Ocala Star-Banner"
"Intoxicating...a heady mix of exotic adventure, romance and Egyptology. Smith is a master." - "Publishers Weekly"
"Life-threatening dangers loom around every turn, leaving the reader breathless...an incredibly exciting and satisfying read."
- "Chattanooga Free Press"
--This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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The seventh scroll is nearly 4000 years old. Within it lies the clues to a treasure from an almost forgotten time. Duraid Al Simmu and his wife, Royan, were the first to discover the scrolls. When Duraid is murdered, Royan seeks refuge in England but she must find the courage to return to Ethiopia.
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio Cassette
This book continues the story of Taita , the eunuch , from the River God novel . It is a tale which blends the vagaries of love , war , friendship and deceit in one spellbinding tome . It follows the discovery of The Seventh Scroll , a faded , 4000 year old parchment which can lead the finder to the treasures of an Egypt long gone but never forgotten . When Duraid al Simma is murdered , his research partner and wife Royan narrowly escapes with her life . She escapes her husbands killers and returns home to her English mother . Here she meets Nicholas Quentin-Harper , an almost bankrupt Lord . The adventure is just about to begin . Together they begin the search for the lost treasure . It's a search which taxes all members of the expedition , forges new alliances and threatens to destroy all parties . They need to find a way to defeat there enemies , old and new . The Seventh Scroll rattles along with barely a pause for breath , covering a number of countries and four millenia . Truly spellbinding , utterly amazing . Wilbur Smith paints a picture with words , so vivid you could almost be accompanying the expedition . He is back to his very best , leading where others can only try and follow . Fantastic .
51 of 53 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is the most amazing book I have ever read. From page one you are trapped in its world. Wilbur Smith weaves a perfect blend of mystery, adventure, intrigure, murder, romance and sex in this tale of a present day treasure hunt left for us by the clever Taita almost 4,000 years ago. It follows from a previous novel and true story - (but you don't have to of read it!) River God. This story/biography was discovered in an Egyptian tomb encased in ten alabaster jars by a team of archaeologists in 1988 and the translation given to Wilbur Smith to convert to a more modern literary style. The Pharoah from River God leaves behind a fortune in artefacts that are cleverly hidden and mischeviously written about by the ostentatious Taita. In the Seventh Scroll we join these archaeologists and a gang of collectors in the search for the pharoah's tomb and his bounty. Wilbur Smith truly is a master at mystery stories, and I am now an avid fan - fifteen more novels to go!
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Having gone through the life of Taita, the slave from the River God, I was delighted to find out that there was a sequal to the book--this one.
It was wonderful to hear all about the way Taita had built the dam and created the water tunnel which protected the entrance to the well known tomb full of riches.
What was most special was the way Wilbur wrote this story with so much detailed information that I actually felt I was there. I could hear the river, I played the game that our dear friend Taita took to a different level entirely when he designed the traps and I could see the paintings in the tombs lit by the stunning glory of all the treasures held within.
If you enjoy amaizing adventures and the most realistic facts then you will enjoy this book, but! read the River God first.
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Marketing campaign
With so many references to River God in this uninteresting and boring book, I am under the impression that Wilbur Smith is just doing a marketing campaign for River God. Read more
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The Seventh Scroll
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