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1) Desert god
Author
Series
Egyptian series (Wilbur A. Smith) volume 5
Publisher
W. Morrow
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Taita the fusspot slave, spiritual wiseman and advisor to the Pharaoh is caught in a maelstrom of passion and danger in his efforts to destroy the Hyksos army by forming a dubious alliance with Crete.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"It is 1836. Europe is modernizing, and the Ottoman Empire must follow suit. But just before the Sultan announces sweeping changes, a wave of murders threatens the fragile balance of power in his court. Who is behind them? Only one intelligence agent can be trusted to find out: Yashim Lastname ... a eunuch. He leads us into the palace's luxurious seraglios and Istanbul's teeming streets, and leans on the wisdom of a dyspeptic Polish ambassador, a...
Author
Series
Publisher
Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
c2014.
Language
English
Description
"Join Investigator Yashim for a final exotic escapade in this rich Edgar Award-winning series In four previous novels, Jason Goodwin's Inspector Yashim, the eunuch detective, has led us through stylish, suspenseful, and colorful mysteries in the Istanbul of the Ottoman Empire. Now, in The Baklava Club, Yashim returns for his final adventure--and his most thrilling yet. Three naive Italian liberals, exiled in Istanbul, have bungled their instructions...
Author
Publisher
Random House Canada
Pub. Date
©2021.
Language
English
Description
"A middle-aged Jewish man who fantasizes about being a cowboy flees 1940s Lithuania ahead of the Nazis in this wild and witty yet heartrending novel from the bestselling author of Yiddish for Pirates, shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Motl is middle-aged, poor, nerdy, Jewish and in desperate need of a shave. Since having his balls shot cleanly off as a youth in WWI, he's lived a quiet life at home in Vilnius with his shrewd and shrewish...
Author
Series
Egyptian series (Wilbur A. Smith) volume 2
Publisher
Zaffre Publishing, an imprint of Bonnier Zaffre Ltd
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A fading papyrus, nearly 4000 years old. Within it lie the clues to a fabulous treasure from an almost forgotten time - a riddle that becomes a savage battle across the unforgiving terrain of North Africa.
6) River god
Author
Series
Egyptian series (Wilbur A. Smith) volume 1
Publisher
Zaffre Publishing, an imprint of Bonnier Zaffre Ltd
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Taita is a humble slave, an expert in art, poetry, medicine and engineering as well as keeping important secrets. He is the most treasured possession of Lord Intef. Yet when Intef's beautiful daughter, Lostris, is married to the Pharaoh, Taita is commanded to follow her and swiftly finds himself deeper than he ever could have imagined in a world of deception and treachery. But outside the palace, the great kingdom of Egypt is divided and in even...
Author
Series
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"John, former Lord Chamberlain to Emperor Justinian, has been exiled from Constantinople to a rustic estate John has long-owned in Greece, not far from where he grew up. But exile proves no escape from mystery and mayhem. The residents of nearby Megara make it plain John and his family are unwelcome intruders. His overseer proves corrupt. What of the other staff--and his neighbors? Before long, John finds himself accused of blasphemy and murder. Now...
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