The Oasis (Lords of the Two Lands) - Hardcover

Gedge, Pauline

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 156947219X ISBN 13: 9781569472194

Publisher: Soho Pr Inc, 2000

Synopsis

Kamose Tao has inherited the hatred of the Setiu invaders from his father and when his family are bought 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, even 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 bloody trail through the desert, he gives himself body and soul to the task of creating a unified Egypt. A task which may also cost him his sanity and his life...

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Review:

an engrossing read packing a solid wallop (Edmonton Journal)

...compelling character descriptions...lovely use of language...a thoroughly readable novel. (The National Post on LORDS OF THE TWO LANDS)

a rich pageant, satisfying on more levels than simply that of the narrative... (Wall Street Journal on CHILD OF THE MORNING)

...a delight on several levels...simply magnificent (The Huddersfield Daily Examiner on THE OASIS)

A lustrous tale of Pharaonic decadence (The New York Times on THE TWELFTH TRANSFORMING)

An inspiring read packed with early Egyptian culture and forward thinking. Although a saga, it is still an exciting book (Bradford Telegraph & Argus (The Oasis))

An epic tale (Manchester Evening News (The Oasis))

...Pauline Gedge once again brings to life the majestic world of ancient Egypt, displaying an in-depth knowledge of time and place during the reign of Ramses II...a compelling picture (Washington Post Book World on SCROLL OF SAQQARA)

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)

Pauline Gedge's strengths imagination, ingenuity in plotting, and convincing characterization - are here in abundance (Books in Canada on HOUSE OF ILLUSIONS)

[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)

Book Description:

The Oasis is the second magnificent volume in Pauline Gedge's Lords of the Two Lands trilogy continuing the tale of the Tao family's attempt to reclaim Egypt for their people.

About this edition

• Publisher: Soho Pr Inc
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 156947219X
• ISBN 13: 9781569472194
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 532