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Daughter of the Crocodile: v.2: Vol 2 (Ptolemies Quartet) (Paperback)

by Duncan Sprott (Author)
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  • Paperback: 464 pages
  • Publisher: Faber and Faber (3 Aug 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 057120290X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0571202904
  • Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 15.2 x 4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 604,704 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This title is set in Egypt, 279 BC. Ptolemy II Philandelphus, unconcerned with stately affairs, prefers to think about science, concubines and feasting. His reptilian sister returns to Egypt with her life in ruins. She wants to oust her brother's wife, marry him herself and be the saviour of Egypt, but his wife has other plans. Berenike Beta murders her husband and marries Patlemy III Eurgetes instead. But with the glory of the Ptolemies at its height after Egypt wins victories at Syria, it is the turn of the murderess to be murdered. Ptolemy IV Philopator, who thinks of nothing but wine and dancing, plans to murder his father. Agathokles of Samos wants to murder the King and have the throne of Egypt for himself; and Agatholeia, his sister, wants to murder the Queen and marry her brother. Meanwhile, the people of Egypt are thinking about revolution. Seshat, the Egyptian goddess of writing, the lady in the leopardskin dress, must write down their bloody history.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent and full of detail, 23 Oct 2007
This review is from: Daughter of the Crocodile (Ptolemies Quartet) (Paperback)
If Egyptian history is your thing, then this is definitely a book for you.

The novel is a chronicle of four of the ancient Egyptian Pharaohs - members of the Ptolemy dynasty - told as if by Seshat, the ancient Goddess of History and Arithmetic. She is our omniscient narrator, who tells all of the facts and admits it when she can't be sure of the exact details. Each Pharaoh may have the same first name of Ptolemy, but the author considerately refers to them by their personal names to avoid confusion.

The story itself is engrossing and interesting - the time was so different from ours that some things are difficult to contemplate. But at the heart of the book is the fact that all of the characters are members of one big, unhappy family. This is a clan where sisters marry their brothers, where mothers sleep with their daughters' husbands, and where no family member can let their guard down, even for an instant, when their siblings are around.

Each character is different, and absorbing. Arsinoe Beta is a fierce woman whose past is never quite fully explained, Berenike Syra is abandoned in a hostile country by her father, and Ptolemy Philopator prefers women's clothes to men's, and wishes with all his heart to become a eunuch. You quickly become immersed as the narrative moves from one royal couple to another, and although some parts can be sickening and gritty, this is a book you will probably be unable to put down.

Duncan Sprott transports his readers to the warm, sunny shores of the Nile - this book will take you to Egypt while you read it, and I would thoroughly recommend it for its' witty, ironic narrator, and its' thoroughly interesting characters.
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