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River God

Ancient Egypt, Book 1

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River God

By: Wilbur Smith
Narrated by: Mark Meadows
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Fame and popularity breed envy in high places, and the adulation of the mob is fickle. They often take as much pleasure in tearing down the idols that they have grown tired of as they did in elevating them in the first place. It is safer by far to live unseen and unremarked, as I always attempt to do.

An ancient kingdom. An incredible destiny.

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 greater danger. Enemies threaten on all sides, and only Taita holds the power to save them all....

The first audiobook in the epic Egyptian Series.

©2018 Wilbur Smith (P)2018 Audible, Ltd Action & Adventure Epic Epic Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Romance Royalty Ancient Egypt Ancient History Pharaoh

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I love this book. I haven't read it for several years, but it is one of my favourites and I have read it several times. Set in ancient Egypt the story begins with an adventurous young man and a mischievous girl under the care of her slave Tiata - our story teller. The original trilogy, which has since been transformed into several episodes follows his life and trials whilst caring for his various charges. This book has twists and turns taking you through every aspect a slave has to do to survive in ancient Egypt during the course of his daily routine. He has to lie, cheat and put his own life on the line. Great stuff.

Superb - great story telling from Wilbur Smith

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Typical Wilbur Smith with a very detailed introduction to early Egypt, it’s culture and development with a fair amount of creative imagination used to very good effect to maintain the readers interest.

Early Egypt. Fascinating introduction to historical country.

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I have read this hardback book several times and it was good to get in on audible. Mark meadows does the story justice and he keeps an even pace throughout with some good voices. I enjoyed listening to it. My only complaint is that the main recording is in one big chapter. This was problematic when transferring devices eg phone watch iPad. To pick up where it had left off on,other devices which meant searching through the time sequence to get to where I had left the story. It would have been much better if the chapters were broken down as the written word . Wilbur smith 4 books are all 20 plus hours having to trawl through hours listening detracts from the experience to get back into the story. Library chapters would be a better recording

ALL ONE CHAPTER

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Maybe a bit of both. if not it could have been based on real events. Maybe I should read the credits again. Either way, I enjoyed it.

History or fiction?

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Wilbur Smith has an incredible ability to breathe life into the Countries he writes about and this historical story of Ancient Egypt [including Africa and the Middle East] is by no means an exception! I have thoroughly enjoyed this read and can only look forward to reading Book 2. Mark Meadows should be congratulated for his performance! I am aware that the Narrator has quite a task to perform, while capturing the essence of story telling, they also need to make sure the book doesn't become flat and lose fluidity and Mark did it beautifully!

Ancient Egypt comes alive!

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The characters were very good, The story was interesting without being too complicated, well told and East to understand

The story was different from other stories in the series

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It spoilt the story that Tihita was the best at everything his friends where the most fearsome and beautiful, no one is that perfect.
However on a good note it did have some gripping moments. I have bought the series, so just hope the next two are better.

Tihita was just to perfect

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Wilbur Smith has the rare skill to transport his readers to a different place , thousands of years ago with rich descriptions . His Egyptian hero , Taita is someone you will grow to love while the evil of the villain will leave you desperate for revenge. Highly recommended. Incredible story

Incredible Storytelling

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Mark Meadows reads this book perfectly, what a pleasure to listen to. He truly becomes every character.

Great story.

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I have read this book no less than 6 times and listening to it proved to be just case good. the beauty and magesty portrayed by Smith is without equal. this epic novel, like the pyramids, stands the test of time. Meadows brings my characters alive and does not disappoint. I will never grow tired of this book.

one of my all time favourites

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