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River God
River God | Wilbur Smith
River God, the first in Wilbur Smith's blockbusting Egyptian Novels, is a thrilling adventure set amid the mysteries of ancient Egypt. Ancient Egypt. Land of the Pharaohs. A kingdom built on gold. A legend shattered by greed. Now the Valley of the Kings lies ravaged by war, drained of its lifeblood as weak men inherit the cherished crown. In the city of Thebes at the Festival of Osiris, loyal subjects of the Pharaoh gather to pay homage to their leader. But Taita - a wise and formidably gifted eunuch slave, sees him only as a symbol of a kingdom's fading glory. Beside Taita stand his proteges, Lostris, the beautiful fourteen-year-old daughter of his master Lord Intef; and Tanus, proud, young army officer, who has vowed to avenge the death - at Intef's hand - of his father, and seize Lostris as his prize. Together they share a dream - to restore the majesty of the Pharaoh of Pharaohs on the glittering banks of the Nile.
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Andrew65
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This was a very big, but very enjoyable read, which consumes you in life in Ancient Egypt. This book covers #Africa fir #ReadingAfrica2022 Used the audiobook which was 28 hrs 36 mins long.

1st book finished for #MarvellousMatch

Librarybelle Wow! Over 28 hours! 3y
LeahBergen I read this years ago and enjoyed it! 3y
PageShifter This looks like something I would enjoy as well 3y
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Andrew65 @Librarybelle A very big read! 3y
Andrew65 @LeahBergen A very big read but did enjoy it and want to continue the series. 3y
Andrew65 @PageShifter It was a good read, enjoyed it more the further along it got. 3y
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Andrew65
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Moving on with my #ReadingAfrica2022 challenge by moving on to this Chunkster at 704 Pages. This will take me to Egypt. The audiobook is 28 hours 36 minutes long.

Librarybelle Wow! Definitely a chunkster read! 3y
Andrew65 @Librarybelle It‘s definitely that! 3y
FromMyLectory Ooh the book is really a 3D experience of life in Egypt! Every time I paused reading, I had to recalibrate my brain and remind myself what year I'm in 😅 3y
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BarbaraBB That is ambitious! 3y
Andrew65 @BarbaraBB It is a big read. 3y
Andrew65 @FromMyLectory Love that description. 3y
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Aylandra
River God | Wilbur Smith

I started reading this book a while ago, but just never really finished it.
After being struck by depression late 2021 I just found it so difficult to read...well..anything.

The fact that Wilbur Smith died relatively recently too upset me.

I've been meaning to read the series for years but kept putting it off.

RIP Wilbur Smith, I've finally started your Egypt series, and I love what I've read so far.

Aylandra Recent update. Having gone over the book again, my opinion of it had soured a bit. Most of it is fine, but towards the end I'll admit I just didn't enjoy it as much. Therefore I've updated my rating from pick to so-so. 2y
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jenniferw88
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#UKLittens #99ponkindle #ukkindledeal

For any of you considering #readingafrica2022 (l👀king at you, @squirrelbrain ! 🤣) this would obviouly work for #Egypt! @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

BarbaraBB Egypt is one of the few African countries I do have books from on my shelves.. it's really going to be a challenge! 3y
jenniferw88 @BarbaraBB LibraryThing is a life-saver for this sort of challenge. Their 'common knowledge' page (found either under the homepage & statistics, or by setting your library page to include pages from the settings)! You can import all your books from Goodreads if you don't already have a LibraryThing account too! 3y
squirrelbrain Thanks for the tag…. Although I haven‘t decided yet if I‘ll do #readingafrica2022…😁 3y
jenniferw88 @squirrelbrain lol! You were the only UK litten I could remember who has done all the others! 🤣🤣🤣 3y
Librarybelle Thanks for posting! 3y
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TheSpineView
River God | Wilbur Smith
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#MoviesInApril @Klou
Prompt: The Prince of Egypt

Klou Very fitting! 4y
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Yoricke_SouthAfrica
River God | Wilbur Smith
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Thank you for the invite to the game @Josee.a.lu.lit.et.lira

1) Lostris from Queen of Egypt from the Egypt series by Wilbur Smith
2) My own puppy is named Cersei from Games of Thrones

Do you want to join the game @perfectsinner and @Texreader

#Two4Tuesday

Nute At first I was thinking it doesn‘t get cooler than Lostris, and then I saw the name Cersei. Oh my! Like them both! 4y
TheSpineView Great names! Thanks for playing! ❤ 4y
Yoricke_SouthAfrica @Nute Ah, thank you. Lostris is one of my all-time favourite book characters. And then, Cersei, she is fierce. Both are Queens. 4y
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Yoricke_SouthAfrica @TheSpineView Such a fun game 💜😊 4y
perfectsinner Yes! Two cats I named Charlie (The Perks of Being A Wallflower) & Holden (The Catcher in the Rye) 4y
Yoricke_SouthAfrica @perfectsinner I love both those names, and I looove cats. My cat was named Satchi (sadly I lost him last year). 4y
perfectsinner @Yoricke_SouthAfrica I'm sorry for your loss. 💔 I lost my best baby girl two years ago, and I miss her every day. 4y
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JulieAnn
River God | Wilbur Smith
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This was probably my fourth or fifth reading of this book. I found it a little harder going this time around. I‘m not sure why. Perhaps the circumstances we all find ourselves in is not conducive to my reading concentration abilities. I will have to be more careful about what I read so I don‘t accidentally mess up my perceptions of a book I would usually love. Otherwise, still a great story with interesting characters and world building.

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Petelord
River God | Wilbur Smith
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Great read

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Yoricke_SouthAfrica
River God | Wilbur Smith
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A brilliant book. Very well researched. It is the type of book you will read again and again.

Yoricke_SouthAfrica Thank you so much! 6y
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Texreader Wilbur Smith is just so awesome! 6y
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Yoricke_SouthAfrica @Texreader One of my all time favourite authors. I'm doing a Wilbur Marathon at the moment. I've finished the Courtney series, the Ballentyne series, the Hector series, and now I'm busy with the Egypt series. 6y
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Darklunarose
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I read this book when I was about 12/13 and completely enamoured with ancient Egypt. I fell in love with the characters. It‘s the only Wilbur Smith book I have ever read and the best one I could have chosen to read!

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toofondofbooks
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Quirkybookworm I‘m glad!! There are moooooore!! 6y
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misslala
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Never read anything by Wilbur Smith. This is an ambitious one. Not sure what I'm getting into.

Vansa They're very easy read , fast paced thrillers. Quite fun ! 7y
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deirdrebeecher
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I don't have a high opinion of Wilbur Smith. In fact this is the only book of his which is a pick for me. Taita is just one of those characters you fall in love with and he does a great job bringing ancient Egypt life. A great balance of action and romance, this is excellent escapism. Just don't bother with the sequel's they are terrible. Adult Content.