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The Lost Army of Cambyses (Paperback)

by Paul Sussman (Author)
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  • Paperback: 592 pages
  • Publisher: Bantam Books; New edition edition (5 Jun 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0553818031
  • ISBN-13: 978-0553818031
  • Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 10.6 x 4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (37 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 16,767 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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42 of 43 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars a veritable treasure trove of military memorabilia - the background for a gripping mystery , 22 April 2007
By Klaus van Amelrode "kmcva" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Lost Army of Cambyses (Paperback)
In 525 BC the Persian emperor Cambyses II invaded Egypt and successfully overthrew the native Egyptian pharaoh, Psamtek III, last ruler of Egypt's 26th Dynasty to become the first ruler of Egypt's 27th Persian Dynasty. Cambyses II sent his army to Siwa Oasis in the Western Desert to seek (or seize) legitimization of his rule from the oracle of Amun, much as Alexander the Great would do in the 4th century BC. However, the army was overtaken by a sandstorm and buried.

For centuries adventurers and archaeologists have tried to find the lost army, and at times, tantalizing, though usually false glues have been discovered. Within recent years all manner of artifacts and monuments have been discovered in Egypt's Western Desert. Here and there, new discoveries of temples and tombs turn up, even in relatively inhabited areas where more modern structures are often difficult to distinguish from ancient ruins. Very recently, when a geological team from the Helwan University geologists found themselves walking through dunes littered with fragments of textiles, daggers, arrow-heads, and the bleached bones of the men to whom all these trappings belonged.

So far so good the reality which forms the background of this amazing crime story which will hold you from page one and only lets you go with the very last page. It is a page turner where fact and fiction merge into a one. Paul Sussmann knows how to hold the reader's interest, develops the personalities and the story in a convincing and interesting way. The various leads merge at some point, the twist are not outrages in the sense that one asks oneself "Where the hell is this coming from".

There are some aspects one needs to think about: terrorism, its roots and its effects.

All in all a book I highly enjoyed and can equally recommended.
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21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Lost Army of Cambyses, 29 Jul 2006
By JacquiB "Jacqui B" (Cambridgeshire, UK) - See all my reviews
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Dan Browne who? This beats the Da Vinci Code hands down. I hope film bosses read this book.
I picked up The Last Secret of the Temple in duty free recently and could not put it down so I thought I would go for Sussman's first book. I was not disappointed!
Fantastic read - good characters, plot twists and the baddies are exceptional. It was good to read about my now old friend Khalifa - he's in 'The Temple' and you get to feel a real empathy for him. It makes a change for the characters not to be American.
My only criticism would be Sussmans, sometimes excessive use of swearing - especially certain words uttered by his female character... Its hated by alot of women but don't be put off by this criticism just read through it as its worth it.
Keep writing Mr Sussman.
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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Lost Army of Cambyses, 12 Dec 2005
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This review is from: The Lost Army of Cambyses (Paperback)
I read this book on holiday in Egypt. It was a fanatastic read blending ancient history with modern day events and it was great to be able to identify where things were happening. I'm usually quite quick in guessing what's going to happen in a book and although you can pretty much predict what's going to happen in the chases between the goodies and baddies there's a really good twist which I didn't see coming. It certainly kept me entertained and I'm now reading the Last Secret of the Temple.
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1.0 out of 5 stars pants
I only managed a few pages, it's poor quality writing more like what I would expect in a comic book or childrens story. It's going straight to the charity shop.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Maybe I read a different book?
I had to give up on this one, the story failed to grip me and even 100 pages in I was still waiting for the historical connection to return. Read more
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