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Praise for Barbara Erskine
The Warrior’s Princess:
‘An engrossing race against time’ Woman and Home
‘This is one of the most gripping page-turners I’ve read’ Sun
Barbara’s many bestsellers:
‘Her forte is mood, atmosphere and the toe-curling frisson’ Elizabeth Buchan, Sunday Times
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From the bestselling author of Lady of Hay comes Whispers in the Sand, set in richly mysterious Egypt, where past and present collide.
Recently divorced, Anna decides to cheer herself up by retracing a journey her great grandmother made in the nineteenth century: a Nile cruise from Luxor to the Valley of the Kings.
Anna carries with her on the voyage two mementoes of her great-grandmother Louisa: an ancient Egyptian scent bottle, and the diary of that original Nile cruise, which has lain unread for a hundred years. As she follows in Louisa’s footsteps, Anna discovers in the diary the chilling secret of the scent bottle and is pursued by the same terrifying spectres as her great grandmother.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Now, having read loads of books about Egyptian curses I initially thought 'oh no, not another one', but this is so different I forgot about some of the tat I had previously read:-)
Anna has recently divorced her overbearing and dominant husband and her self esteem is at an all time low that is until her Aunt tells her in no uncertain terms to pull herself together and go on holiday maybe to Egypt to retrace the steps her Great Grandmother took on a cruise in the mid nineteenth century. So armed with Louisa's diary and a small perfume bottle also Louisa's, off she goes.
She spends a lot of her time totally engrossed in the diary and discovering that there was more to her distant relative than she supposed............a love affair with her servant for one........scandalous in those days. However, when two men on the boat start vying for her attention and then strange ghosts are seen it soon becomes clear that the perfume bottle or ampulla is at the bottom of it. This bottle belonged to a priest and is alleged to hold the tears of Isis which would cure a dying Pharaoh. However, another Priest had other ideas for the cure thinking it an elixir of life..........they fought each other and both were killed and then entombed without ceremony to lie silent until graverobbers disturbed their peace and also found the ampulla.
Louisa also saw these phantoms in her day and then met a man who dabbled in the black arts who tried to first buy the ampulla off her then finally threatened her.........the threat worked but not on her, sadly another loved one died.
I don't wish to say much more because this book simply cries out to be read but one more thing.............there are a couple of stingers at the end of this book which I did not foresee which made it all the better.
Well done Ms Erskine.
Anna has recently divorced her overbearing and dominant husband and her self esteem is at an all time low that is until her Aunt tells her in no uncertain terms to pull herself together and go on holiday maybe to Egypt to retrace the steps her Great Grandmother took on a cruise in the mid nineteenth century. So armed with Louisa's diary and a small perfume bottle also Louisa's, off she goes.
She spends a lot of her time totally engrossed in the diary and discovering that there was more to her distant relative than she supposed............a love affair with her servant for one........scandalous in those days. However, when two men on the boat start vying for her attention and then strange ghosts are seen it soon becomes clear that the perfume bottle or ampulla is at the bottom of it. This bottle belonged to a priest and is alleged to hold the tears of Isis which would cure a dying Pharaoh. However, another Priest had other ideas for the cure thinking it an elixir of life..........they fought each other and both were killed and then entombed without ceremony to lie silent until graverobbers disturbed their peace and also found the ampulla.
Louisa also saw these phantoms in her day and then met a man who dabbled in the black arts who tried to first buy the ampulla off her then finally threatened her.........the threat worked but not on her, sadly another loved one died.
I don't wish to say much more because this book simply cries out to be read but one more thing.............there are a couple of stingers at the end of this book which I did not foresee which made it all the better.
Well done Ms Erskine.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book totally took me away into another world. I was sad when I got to the end as I wanted more and more. Pure brilliance as usual.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
This was the first book I'd read by this author and picked it up after a trip to Egypt. I was loving the book until I got to the end.
SPOILER
The author does not finish off the story. I was so frustrated at the end that I was tempted to throw the book at the wall! It's not a short read either, so I felt rather cheated that I had put so much time into this only to be left hanging at the end.
SPOILER
The author does not finish off the story. I was so frustrated at the end that I was tempted to throw the book at the wall! It's not a short read either, so I felt rather cheated that I had put so much time into this only to be left hanging at the end.
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Whispers in the Sand
Another brilliant tale from Barbara Erskine, lovely characters and a warmly delivered story covering two very different generations. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Kevin Marsh
Nice read
This was not one of Erskine's best books but it was still a good read. I wanted to push the story on in parts but it was a good story. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Reading Witch
Brilliant
Loved this book. Envy those that haven't read it yet!
Totally absorbing and true escapism.
I highly recommend it !
Totally absorbing and true escapism.
I highly recommend it !
Published 15 months ago by Sally h
whispers in the sand
i could not wait to read another Barbara Erskine book I have read all of them and this is one of the best When is the next one due
Published 19 months ago by Mrs. Je Pattison
Loved all but the end
I love Barbara Erskine's books with the mixture of 2 tales in different times connecting.
This one was more of the same and I could not put it down. Read more
This one was more of the same and I could not put it down. Read more
Published 20 months ago by KarenHaz
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