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The oasis (Lords of the two lands) (Paperback)

by Pauline Gedge (Author)
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  • Paperback: 532 pages
  • Publisher: Viking; First Edition edition (1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0670886718
  • ISBN-13: 978-0670886715
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,120,437 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'...compelling character descriptions...lovely use of language...a thoroughly readable novel.' The National Post on LORDS OF THE TWO LANDS 2 '[Gedge] paints prose poems of astonishing beauty that fill House of Dreams with Egypt's glorious sunlight, crystalline air, cool fragrant breezes, turquoise skies...' The Toronto Star on THE HOUSE OF DREAMS 3 'Pauline Gedge's strengths imagination, ingenuity in plotting, and convincing characterization - are here in abundance' Books in Canada on HOUSE OF ILLUSIONS 4 'Gedge's powerful historic imagination, capable of filling epic canvases with characters affectingly human...has had full scope in Scroll of Saqqara.' The Toronto Star on THE SCROLL OF SAQQARA --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus (The Oasis)

'An inspiring read packed with early Egyptian culture and forward thinking. Although a saga, it is still an exciting book' --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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4.0 out of 5 stars The Oasis, 5 April 2003
This review is from: The Oasis (Lords of the Two Lands) (Hardcover)
The battle for Egypt continues in the second inspiring episode of the Lords of the Two Lands trilogy.
Kamose Tao has inherited the hatred of the Setiu invaders from his father and when his family are brought before the usurping King Apepa for judgement for their failed rebellion, he begins to burn with the desire for revenge. The family are sentenced to poverty and a life of servitude and banishment from each other, a sentence that none of them are willing to accept, eaven if it means death.

While the Tao women take care of Weset and begin to master the arts of politics and espionage, Kamose raises an army, the like never seen before in Egypt, and sweeps north determined to eradicate the Setiu from the country. Carving a blody trail through the desert, he gives himself body and soul to the task of creating a unified Egypt.
This is a book that mixes fiction and history very well so that without realising you are learning many important facts about Ancient Egypt.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Too long and little suspense or action, 10 May 2002
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This review is from: The Oasis (Lords of the Two Lands) (Paperback)
What a disappointment. The first novel in this series - The Lord of Two Lands offered much. Its characters were more developed than those of Christian Jacq's and you felt a rollercoaster of a ride was awaiting you with warring factions intrigue and suspense; possibly along the lines of Wilbur Smith's River God.

Sadly to say this second book was nothing more than a whimper. Oh yes we had the machinations of the Tao family along with a strong matriarcal influence but that was it. Any suspense that was raised ended all to quickly and with over 500 pages it was felt that it was far to long. All battles were over in a matter of a page, not that blood lust was wanted, but for but the heros of this trilogy who you wanted to look out for saw little action.

Will the final book be bought? Well when you've come this far it would be a shame not to comlete. The final confrontation that it promised with the invaders would seem to offer much. So lets hope we stop messing around and get on with it.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Part II in an Excellent Historical Trilogy set in Ancient Egypt, 13 Dec 2008
By gilly8 "gilly8" (Mars, the hotspot of the U.S.) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Oasis: Lord of the Two Lands: Volume II (Lords of the Two Lands) (Paperback)
Again Pauline Gedge writes a vivid believable story of the overthrow of the Hyksos conquerers who had held Eqypt for 200 years. The descendents of the last pharaohs, the family of Seqenenra Tao lead the rebellion(SPOILER ALERT, STOP READING NOW)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (SPOILER ALERT!!!) but in the first major battle the father of the family, the true pharaoh of Egypt, was been killed in battle. (In the non-fiction book I mentioned in the review of the first book in this trilogy was Nicholas Reeves' "Egypt's False God: Akhenaten". In it one can see a photograph of Seqenenra Tao's mummy with his damaged skull, with the five fatal wounds from mace, arrows,and spears that killed him. Clearly, he fought at the head of his small army against overwhelming odds.

His sons then had to take over the rebellion, and much of the book is given to their efforts to keep the rebellion going without its' leader, and to find ways to overcome the great disparity of numbers against them.

NOTE: These books also give great credit to the Medjay forces, the African fighters who were known through Egypts' long history as powerful guerilla type warriors. I don't know if this was their first historical allied fighting with Egyptians or not, but their role here is very important.

A very good book, bloody and tragic in places as war truly is.
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