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River God
by Smith, Wilbur
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- Seller
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Blagoevgrad Region, Bulgaria
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About This Item
London: Book Club Associates. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1993. Reprint; Third Printing. Hardcover. Book Club Edition . Some shelf wear and tear to DJ, light foxing to edges of reading block. ; Sixth printing of book club edition BCA CN8699. Turquoise cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Nice tight copy, no names inside. DJ artwork by Tom Stimpson. Heavy book and priced accordingly. ; The Egyptian Quartet; Vol. 1; 544 pages; At the Festival of Osiris, loyal subjects of the Pharaoh gather to pay homage to their leader. Only Taita - a wise and formidably gifted eunuch slave - sees him as a symbol of a kingdom's fading glory. Danger surrounds all those who oppose the ruling elite, but with his proteges, Lostris, daughter of his master Lord Intef, and the pround young army officer, Tanus, Taita begins a perilous journey towards his dream - to restore the majesty and power of the Pharoahs of Egypt. .
Synopsis
River God is a novel by the Zambian author Wilbur Smith. It tells the story of Taita, his life in Egypt, his banishment and his return. The novel can be grouped together with Wilbur Smith's other books on ancient Egypt. It was first published in 1994.
Reviews
On May 11 2016, a reader said:
Excellent series. Found myself racing thru chapters to find out what happens. Definitly a book to re-read. Short paragraph in back of book says story was taken from authentic egyptian scrolls. I would like to know more about the true part of it.
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Details
- Seller
- Books in Bulgaria
(BG)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 36441
- Title
- River God
- Author
- Smith, Wilbur
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint; Third Printing
- Publisher
- Book Club Associates
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1993
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Book Club Edition
- Bookseller catalogs
- Historical Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
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