I've just started to read River God by Wilbur Smith, and shall follow this up with Warlock.

Has anyone read these or any other books that are fictional and set in Ancient Egypt?

Mxx

I have read The Reluctant God.It is about this girl Lorna Padgett whos father is an archaeologist,and Ameni who was the son of the pharaoh Senusert II.The two should have never met-let alone become friends.But a walk in the hills near Lorna's father excavation leads Lorna into strange territory--and to an exicting discovery that brings timeless adventure mystery and danger.It is one of the best books I have ever read and by the way it is written by Pamela Service

River God is fantastic. The Warlock is poor and has nothing to do with Ancient Egypt. Smith is a good writer but he never does a research on what he's writing about, although he should.

I would recommend Mika Waltari's Sinuhe or Thomas Mann's Joseph and his brothers (this latter is a bit lengthy, but a very good one especially if you also like Bible stories).

I have an original English version of The Egyptian by Mika Waltari, and I've read the first chapter, but I haven't had time tor ead any more lately. I'll have to look into it. I've heard it's very good, and it's supposed to be set in Amarna-period, as well.

For example, in River God, most of the names aren't ancient Egyptian at all, sound more like Greek names. That's one of the reasons I said Mr Smith didn't do a research. Egyptian names aren't too hard to find. The other thing is that the pharaoh menioned in the novel has never existed as far as we know it. But it is a very good novel and when I first read it years ago I believed it to be a true story and it just added to its goodness.
The Seventh Scroll is a good adventure novel, I liked it. The only one book of the trilogy that I didn't like too much is The Warlock. While River God evoked the spirit of Ancient Egypt very well, Warlock somehow failed to do the same, although maybe I'd like it if I didn't expect it to be as good as River God. Also, somehow the characters are a bit flat, after the wonderful Tanus and Lostris it's a bit tiring to read about these ones. (except for Taita, he's the only interesting one in he whole book.)
Anyway, I'm not telling that you shouldn't read Warlock, I guess all Egypt-fans read it, but most of them think River God to be better.

I haven't read the original Sinuhe. I know what's the story about but didn' have the chance to read it. BTW I don't know if Waltari did a research but his novel is set in a real historical period and the events are described well, the whole story is believable with all the details.[/i]

I think the whole point of it being a work of fiction is that the Pharaoh was not a real one. If the novel was based upon a real ruler of Ancient Egypt there would be many people crying out "that's not right, he hasn't done his research!"

oh wait....

I found Taita to be the least plausible character in the book. What a coincidence that a slave such as him had all that knowledge and all of those contacts, all of which helped save his life on numerous occasions. But then that's another thing that make it a work of fiction. I really don't see why it would have to be based on real events and real people.

Mxx

If anyone wants to read a really good series on Egypt, set in the late 1800's-early 1900's, read the Amelia Peabody series by Elizabeth Peters. They're EXCELLENT!!!!! You sould read them in order, they make more sense that way. The first one is "Crocodile on the Sandbank" and the most recent one was published the beginning of this year, and it's "Children of the Storm."

Has anyone read any of the Egyptian books by P.C. Doherty? I wanted to see if they were any good, but haven't found time to read one yet.

Doherty's books are very good. Some small mistakes may occur in them, for example callling Egypt "the land of nine bows" (in reality this name usually referred to the enemies of Egypt) but the story is good and exciting, filled with those little details I enjoy so much in historical fiction.

I've read two books that are about the Amarna period, and they were pretty interesting... Pillar of Fire but Judith Tarr and Wrap Her in Light by Sandra Anderson(?not sure of last name). The former was from the point of view of a servent in the service of Ankhesenamun and kind of twists it's way into the biblical story of Moses; the latter was centered around Ankhesenamun and a fictional scribe named Senumet. I didnt totally agree with the two books, but they were pretty good. Also I've heard about a book called The Lost Queen of Egypt by a Lucille...something, it's supposedly about Ankhesenamun, but it's been out of print and very rare...

Lucille Morrison.
I've never met anyone who could get that book but I know everyone wants to read it I was told it is a children's book but a good one.
I'd love to get my hands on it.

"memoirs of cleopatra"? Cleopatra doesn't much interest me, but the novel is supposed to be very well researched and accurate, with the egyptian ways of life vividly portrayed. Anyone read it?