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Title: Nefer the Silent by Christian Jacq ISBN: 0-7434-0346-0 Publisher: Atria Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.43 (28 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The Stone of Light: Nefer the Silent
Comment: I really loved this book. I thoroughly enjoyed Christian Jacq's Ramses series & was delighted when I discovered he had written a new series. I love the way Christian Jacq brings the Ancient Egyptians to life. Their trials & tribulations, & as well as their joys & happiness. It is great the way he brings Nefer, Ubekhet & Paneb to life & of course who could forget Mehy & Serketa. They seem like real people. I can't wait for the next installment to see what happens.
Rating: 4
Summary: Another slant of life in ancient Egypt.
Comment: As with the Ramses series Christian Jacq has once again got me hooked. "Nefer the Silent" was an interesting slant on another side of egyptian civilisation, Nefer had me begging for more but I found the follow up, "The Wise Woman" a tad slow and drawn out in comparison. Jacq's detail to attention and passion for Ramses could never be reflected in any other series. However, Jacq is a master of his craft and has once again left the reader with a cliff hanger in "The Wise Woman," it would be imposssible not to buy the follow up. If you have read and enjoyed the Ramses series i would advise you to keep an open mind when reading Nefer as there is no real comparison. The style is different and more calculated but still continues to be a wonderful insight to the lives of those who lived quite a while ago!! ENJOY - I DID!!
Rating: 4
Summary: Based on some facts, boring to amazing
Comment: I love this novel, although compare to the Ramese series and the Black Pharaoh, this one is not as excited.
The novel vividly describes the living of the tomb makers. You may be surprised when you find out that even a very little episode happened in the novel may be a historical fact (you can know more by reading the book "The live of the Pharaoh Tomb Builders" by John Romer). In the beginning I thought the novel is based on Jacq's own imagination, but later I have found out that the Place of Truth does exist in Egypt (Del Medina). You can even find out the pictures of the village from the Internet and discover that the description of Jacq in the novel is exactly the same as what you can see in them. The five gates, the houses, and the tombs of the Master, are very details in Jacq's description. The living of the villagers, the murder of Nefer, the leading of Paneb, the Key of Dream of Khen the Scribe of the Tomb, and the existence of theWise woman, they are all based on facts.
Book 1 is quite boring, the others are better. This novel covers the period from Ramese II to Ramese III! People who are familiar with Egyptian history may know that after Ramese II, the power of Egypt declined until the reign of Ramese III, which belonged to another dynasty. Jacq did not reveal his name at first, only mentioned "the son of Sehknet". But he is able to reveal the ability of this son of Sehknet. People familiar with Egyptian history will know that he is of course no one but Ramese III.
The strength of Jacq is that he is able to gather the scattered facts of Egyptian history, together with his own imagination, and weave a story. From his novel, you can read Egyptian history, not scattered monuments, tablets, and inscriptions, but a continuous novel.
The weak of Jacq, however, is that his view of Egypt is somehow biased. In his eye, Egypt is a paradise. The Pharaohs are always justice. They love his own people, his country, reigning according to Ma'at, which I believe is not always true.
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Title: Paneb the Ardent by Christian Jacq ISBN: 0743403487 Publisher: Atria Books Pub. Date: 27 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: The Stone of Light: The Place of Truth by Christian Jacq, Sue Dyson ISBN: 0743403495 Publisher: Atria Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Ramses: Under the Western Acacia (Ramses Under the Western ACACIA, Vol. 5) by Christian Jacq ISBN: 0446673609 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: March, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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Title: Ramses Volume II: The Eternal Temple by Christian Jacq ISBN: 0446673579 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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Title: Ramses: The Lady of Abu Simbel - Volume IV by Christian Jacq ISBN: 0446673595 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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