The Eagle and the Raven
by Pauline Gedge
from Chicago Review Press
Child of the Morning (The Hera Series)
by Pauline Gedge
from Soho Press
She ruled Egpyt not as Queen but as Pharaoh, 35 centuries ago. Yet her name-Hatshepsut-does not appear in dynastic scrolls, nor is her reign celebrated on monuments. This is the story of the young woman who assumed the throne of Egypt, mastered the arts of war and government, lived her life by her own design, and ruled an empire-the only woman Pharaoh in history.
"A rich pageant."-Wall Street Journal
The Oasis: Lords of the Two Lands: Volume 2
by Pauline Gedge
from Soho Press
After his father's death, Kamose assumes command of the rebellion of the native princes against their overlords. He makes a perilous sweep up the river Nile toward the delta strongholds of the Hyksos. The costs are heavy in terms of men slain and villages destroyed. The long domination of alien men and their gods has been effectively challenged, but Kamose cannot lead the Egyptians to glory.
The Horus Road: Lords of the Two Lands (Gedge, Pauline, Lords of the Two Lands, V. 3.)
by Pauline Gedge
from Soho Press
In this, the last book of the trilogy, the youngest son of Seqenenra Tao assumes command of the native armies rebelling against the Pharaoh Apepa, whose alien dynasty has ruled Egypt for two hundred years. When his dedicated but ascetic older brother, Kamose, was assassinated by his own allies, Ahmose was seriously wounded. The women of the family must hold the native forces together until Ahmose can recover and develop a strategy that will bring about the downfall of the "rulers of the uplands," whom we know today as the Hyksos.
Lady of the Reeds: A Novel
by Pauline Gedge
from Soho Press
The Twelfth Transforming
House of Illusions
by Pauline Gedge
from Moyer Bell
Pauline Gedge is a master at recreating the golden age in Egypt. Her heroine, 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. Taking place three thousand years ago, ancient Egypt's daily life and customs are woven into the story. In a world without soap and little water, natron served quite well. Gedge is able to get into the mind of the courtiers and their attitudes to their servants. While beneath the "masters", these "inferior" beings are very much a part of the family.
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 guides Thu in seeking her revenge.
HIPPOPOTAMUS MARSH-C (Lords of the Two Lands, Vol 1)
by Pauline Gedge
from Soho Press
An epic of the struggle to liberate Egypt from the rule of the "Shepherd Kings".
The Hyksos-outlanders from Asia Minor with Cretan and Minoan trading connections-ruled Egypt for over two hundred years, from about 1830 b.c. Then the descendants of the last true king of Egypt rallied the native princes of Upper Egypt to rebel against the foreigners and their alien gods and ways.
Sequenra Tao, prince of Weset, led the revolt. His provincial, aristocratic family-dauntless mother, dutiful wife, three handsome sons, and two beloved daughters-are accustomed to a life of straitened gentility on their estate, remote from the center of power and commerce in the Delta and from the contamination of the Hyksos. But when the prince decides to throw off the shackles of subservience, their lives change as they each must risk all, even life itself, to restore Egyptians and their gods to glory. The Hippopotamus Marsh begins a trilogy that brings to vivid life the passions and intrigues that ushered in the great Eighteenth Dynasty.
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