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Description edit
For Tanus, the fair-haired young lion of a warrior, the gods have decreed that he will lead Egypt's army in a bold attempt to reunite the Kingdom's shared halves. But Tanus will have to defy the same gods to attain the reward they have forbidden him, an object more prized than battle's glory:... read more
Characters edit
- Taita: Taita, a slave certain of his own excellence, while not wanting freedom, wants the best for his mistress Lostris and her love Tanus.
- Lostris: The Queen of Taita's life, falls in love with Tanus. Very independent
- Lady Lostris: Daughter of Lord Intef, wife of Pharoah Mamose, and lover of Tanus
- Memnon: Add a description of this character.
- Tanus
- Pharaoh
- Lord Intef: regent of Thebes
- Pharaoh Mamose: Weak pharoah who is losing control of his land and who doesn't have a male heir.
- Rasfer
- Kratas: Tanus's second in command
- Seth: god of evil
- Arkoun
- Hui: former Shrike captured by Tanus who becomes a soldier
- Masara: Beautiful Ethiopian girl captured by a rival clan who falls in love with Prince Memnon.
- Salitis
- Lanata: The name of Tanus's bow and Lady Lostris's baby name.
- Shilluk: Warlike tribe
- Hapi: goddess of the Nile
- Aton: servant of Pharoah Mamose
- Remrem: another soldier in the Blue Crocodile Guards
- Tod
- Pianki
- Nembet: One of Lord Intef's sons.
- Seged
- Beni-jon: Ethiopian king
- Basti
- Hyksos: tribe of shepherds who slaughter the Egyptian army with a new invention: chariots
- Apachan
- Shufti
- Pharaoh Tamose: Prince Memnon when he becomes pharoah, Lady Lostris's son.
- Qebui: Egyptian's base while in exile.
- Merkeset
- Sobek
First Sentence edit
THE RIVER lay heavily upon the desert, bright as a spill of molten metal from a furnace.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 162 of 200 in BBC 'Big Read' Top 200 Novels, 2003. (authoritative list)
This is book 91 of 145 in Whitcoulls Top 100 (2011). (authoritative list)
This is book 162 of 82 in BBC "Big Read" Top 100 Novels. (authoritative list)
This is book 55 of 121 in Whitcoulls Top 100 (2012). (authoritative list)
This is book 1 of 4 in Taita. (standard series)
Followed by The Seventh Scroll.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Wilbur Smith (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: St Martins Pr
Country: USA
Publication Date: March 1994
ISBN: 978-0312106126
Page Count: 659
Publisher: St Martins Pr
Country: USA
Publication Date: March 1994
ISBN: 978-0312106126
Page Count: 659
Awards edit
- BBC's Big Read (April 2003, #162)
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