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La vengeance du Scorpion (1996)

par Pauline Gedge

Séries: Thu (2), Lady of the Reeds (2)

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Pauline Gedge is a master at recreating the golden age in Egypt. Her heroin, Thu, a peasant girl from the village of Aswat, possesses both beauty and intelligence. To her good fortune Thu is found and brought to the center of society. She is chosen and trained for the court of Pharaoh Ramses. Her talent and guile win her a post in the harem. \|\| Thu rises in favor, is betrayed in a court intrigue that threatens her life and falls from grace. Pharaoh spares her life but banishes her to serve the priests at the lowly temple of Wepwawet near the first cataract. \|\| House of Illusions opens on Gedge's vividly recreated Egypt, sixteen years after Thu's banishment. During her exile she writes an account of her court life and the betrayal for which she seeks revenge. These events took place three thousand years ago. Daily life and custom are woven into the story. In a world without soap and little water, natron serves quite well. Gedge is able to get into the mind of the courtiers and their attitudes to their servants. While beneath them, these inferior beings are very much a part of the family of the house. \|\| The mysterious Hathor, Thoth, Amun and Ma'at are part of the Egyptian pantheon. They enter the daily life of the characters and the mystery begins to make sense. Never again will the reader scoff at these queer religious notions. The harmony and truth Ma'at embodies is the guiding principal Thu believes in seeking her revenge.… (plus d'informations)

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Juanto al pueblo de Asutat, en el templo de Uepuauet, una hermosa mujer prematuramente envejecida por la demencia no cesa de suplicar a los soldados que pasan por allí que entreguen al faraón un manuscrito de vital importancia. Conmovido por la escena, Kamen, un joven de familia noble que acaba de ingresar en el ejército, accede a llevar el papiro a su superior, el general Paiis.

Natt90 | Sep 26, 2022 |

I cannot get enough of her historical fiction based in Egypt. (

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ShelleyAlberta | Jun 4, 2016 |

This is a sequel to House of Dreams which is one of my favourite books based in Ancient Egypt. I love the author, Pauline Gedge, who I found out recently also lives in my province. This story returns to Thu, the heroine from the first story, and the chance meeting she has with her lost (now grown) son, Kamen, after 17 years apart. I can't say more because that would spoil what happened in the first novel. Ms. Gedge is always able to write convincingly and with acute historical detail about the life in Ancient Egypt. You really can feel the culture and beliefs spring up from the page. She is also able to write realistic and engrossing characters and this novel is no exception. Thu is wily and proud and time has only hardened her will to better her lowborn situation. I will say that I only liked this book and wouldn't fawn over it like I did for House of Dreams. It was a satisfying conclusion of the fate of Thu but it was not an amazing one. (

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Cauterize | Sep 7, 2009 |

A brilliant sequel to House of Dreams, marred by one (to this reader, if not to all) very unsatisfying plot twist. (

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thesmellofbooks | Feb 25, 2009 |

The sequel to House of Dreams begins nearly seventeen years later when a chance encounter with a young soldier gives Thu a chance at vindication.

I enjoyed this quite a bit, though it wasn't as breathtaking as the previous volume. It's a quieter book in some ways; the tension was always quite high in House of Dreams as Thu struggled to fuel her ambition and please those who'd raised her up to such heights, but here things flow much more smoothly. There aren't as many hitches in the story; at times it felt a little like a boulder rushing down a hill, taking out everything in its path. Once things got going, it seemed that there was little that could stand between Thu and her goals.

The book makes use of three viewpoints: that of Kamen, the young soldier who encounters Thu at Aswat; Kaha, a scribe who aided in the conspiracy that was Thu's downfall; and Thu herself. While each narrator was appropriate to the part of the story that he or she related, I think I would've preferred to hear more directly from Thu. I missed her during the first portion of the book.

Overall, though, this was a satisfying end to Thu's story. While some elements may have been overly sentimental, (and, perhaps, a little far-fetched), I was pleased with them nonetheless. It was nice to see Thu finally find some happiness, and I enjoyed returning to the ancient Egypt Gedge developed in the first book. (

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La vengeance du Scorpion

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1996

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Pauline Gedge is a master at recreating the golden age in Egypt. Her heroin, Thu, a peasant girl from the village of Aswat, possesses both beauty and intelligence. To her good fortune Thu is found and brought to the center of society. She is chosen and trained for the court of Pharaoh Ramses. Her talent and guile win her a post in the harem. || Thu rises in favor, is betrayed in a court intrigue that threatens her life and falls from grace. Pharaoh spares her life but banishes her to serve the priests at the lowly temple of Wepwawet near the first cataract. || House of Illusions opens on Gedge's vividly recreated Egypt, sixteen years after Thu's banishment. During her exile she writes an account of her court life and the betrayal for which she seeks revenge. These events took place three thousand years ago. Daily life and custom are woven into the story. In a world without soap and little water, natron serves quite well. Gedge is able to get into the mind of the courtiers and their attitudes to their servants. While beneath them, these inferior beings are very much a part of the family of the house. || The mysterious Hathor, Thoth, Amun and Ma'at are part of the Egyptian pantheon. They enter the daily life of the characters and the mystery begins to make sense. Never again will the reader scoff at these queer religious notions. The harmony and truth Ma'at embodies is the guiding principal Thu believes in seeking her revenge.

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Qui est l'étrange paysanne aux yeux bleus qui danse dans la nuit sur les rives du Nil, à Assouat, et prétend avoir été jadis aimée par le pharaon Ramsès III ? Est-elle vraiment la victime d'un complot, ou, comme beaucoup le pensent, une pauvre folle ? Pour avoir écouté les supplications de Thu - c'est son nom- pour avoir tenté de percer les terribles mystères qui l'entourent et où réside aussi le secret de sa propre naissance, Kamen, un jeune officier au service du Grand roi, va risquer la mort.
Un complot contre le pharaon ; une femme exilée, privée de son enfant ; des complices impunis : la vengeance que poursuit la folle du Nil avec une haine bien proche de l'amour : tels sont les ingrédients de ce thriller antique, mystérieux, captivant, où la romancière du Tombeau de Saqqarah fait passer tous les sortilèges de l'Egypte et où l'on retrouve avec bonheur la séduisante héroïne du Scorpion du Nil.

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