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What mystical secrets lie beneath the Great Pyramids? Traveling with Napoleon's ambitious expedition, American adventurer Ethan Gage solves a five-thousand-year-old riddle with the help of a mysterious medallion. William Dietrich's books have been hailed for their vivid imagery,... read more
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- Bonaparte
- Talma
- Bin Sadr
- Monsieur Gage
- Enoch
- Astiza
- Berthollet
- Monge
- Ethan Gage
- Napoleon
- Nelson
- Franklin
- Cleopatra
- Sidney Smith
- Desaix
- Minette
- Alexander
- Antoine
- Conte
- Stefan
- Ashraf
- Yusuf
- Murad Bey
- Madame Durrell
- Dumas
- Cagliostro
- Achmed
- Mason
- Solomon
- Mustafa
- Brueys
Quotes edit
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“People are always afraid to think. And alas, Ethan, integrity is always a prisoner of vanity, and common sense is easily eclipsed by greed.”
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integrity is always a prisoner of vanity, and common sense is easily eclipsed by greed.”
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What sets our species apart is not just what men will do to other men, but how tirelessly they justify it.
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But it is death that makes room for birth, and the cycle of life is as natural as the rise and fall of the Nile. Death is our last and greatest duty.”
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“Success is a matter of will. The first step to greatness is to decide to be great. Then men will follow.”
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“Besides, religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.”
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remember how quickly idealism can turn to tyranny and liberators can become dictators.
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All kinds of Christian beliefs and symbols come from Egyptian gods. Resurrection, the afterlife, impregnation by a god, triads and trinities, the idea a man could be both human and divine, sacrifice, even the wings of angels and the hooves and forked tail of devils: all this predates your Jesus by thousands of years. The code of your Ten Commandments is a simpler version of the negative confession Egyptians made to profess their innocence when they died: ‘I did not kill.’ Religion is like a tree. Egypt is the trunk, and all others are branches.”
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“Now, has either of you heard of the Fibonacci sequence of numbers?”
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your achievement is well short of your ability, and your ambition is shy of diligence.
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If this Book of Thoth is a book of wisdom, maybe it would simply say to find what you already have, and to enjoy this day instead of worrying about the next one.”
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Organizations edit
First Sentence edit
It was luck at cards that started the trouble, and enlistment in mad invasion that seemed the way out of it.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 5 in Ethan Gage. (standard series)
Followed by The Rosetta Key.
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: HarperCollins
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 0060848324
Page Count: 400
Publisher: HarperCollins
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 0060848324
Page Count: 400
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- Dewey: 813.54
Notes for Parents edit
Reading Level: Young AdultsThis book a some rather violent description of people dying and graphic images of their death at times. There is also one minor sexual reference.
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