Praise for Pauline Gedge
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“Gedge excels at setting the scene and subtly evoking a sense of the period as she tells a timeless story of greed, love, and revenge.”
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Kirkus Reviews
“Gedge makes the past so accessible. You can imagine walking between the pillars into a magnificent hall and watching it come alive with the smell of the fresh paint on the frescoes.”
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The Globe and Mail
“Gedge vividly renders the exotic, sensuous world of ancient Memphis, the domestic rituals of bathing and dressing, the social ambience of superstition and spells.”
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Publishers Weekly
“Gedge has such a terrific feel for ancient Egypt that the reader merrily suspends disbelief and hangs on for the ride.”
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Calgary Herald
“Her richly colourful descriptions … hit the reader with photographic clarity.”
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The Ottawa Sun
“Gedge has brought Egypt alive, not just the dry and sandy Egypt we know from archaeology, but the day-today workings of what was one of the greatest and most beautiful kingdoms in the history of the world.”
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Quill & Quire
“Each volume is a carefully devised segment, with its own distinct flavour and texture. When put together, then the skill and workmanship of the whole undertaking stand out clearly. The trilogy is one of Pauline Gedge’s most appealing works.”
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Edmonton Journal
“Gedge … has the magical ability to earn a reader’s suspension of disbelief.”
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Toronto Star
“Pauline Gedge’s strengths—imagination, ingenuity in plotting, and convincing characterization—are here in abundance.”
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Books in Canada
“Gedge draws another vivid picture of Ancient Egypt and skillfully weaves her dramatic tale of intrigue, treachery, and manipulation. Her historical novels have the ability to bring a period fully before us; it is possible to feel the heat and experience the pageantry she so ably describes.”
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The Shuswap Sun
“Pauline Gedge’s knowledge of Egyptian history is both extensive and intimate, and has enabled her to produce an entire society of the time of Ramses II with admirable vitality. She has a sharp eye for the salient detail, and an evocative way with landscape and interiors. She can produce a mood and suggest an atmosphere … A very good story well told, and it engrosses the reader from the first page to the last.”
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The Globe and Mail
PENGUIN CANADA
THE HORUS ROAD
PAULINE GEDGE
is the award-winning and bestselling author of eleven previous novels, eight of which are inspired by Egyptian history. Her first,
Child of the Morning
, won the Alberta Search-for-a-New Novelist Competition. In France, her second novel,
The Eagle and the Raven
, received the Jean Boujassy award from the Société des Gens des Lettres, and
The Twelfth Transforming
, the second of her Egyptian novels, won the Writers Guild of Alberta Best Novel of the Year Award. Her books have sold more than 250,000 copies in Canada alone; worldwide, they have sold more than six million copies and have been translated into eighteen languages. Pauline Gedge lives in Alberta.
ALSO BY PAULINE GEDGE
Child of the Morning
The Eagle and the Raven
Stargate
The Twelfth Transforming
Scroll of Saqqara
The Covenant
House of Dreams
House of Illusions
The Hippopotamus Marsh:
Lords of the Two Lands, Volume One
The Oasis: Lords of the Two Lands, Volume Two
The Twice Born
THE
HORUS
ROAD
Lords of the Two Lands
VOLUME THREE
PAULINE
GEDGE
PENGUIN CANADA
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First published in a Viking Canada paperback by Penguin Group (Canada), a division of Pearson Canada Inc., 2000
Published in Penguin Canada paperback by Penguin Group (Canada), a division of Pearson Canada Inc., 2001
Published in this edition, 2007
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LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA CATALOGUING IN PUBLICATION
Gedge, Pauline, 1945– The Horus road / Pauline Gedge.
(Lords of the two lands ; v. 3)
Originally publ.: Toronto : Viking, 2000.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-0-14-316747-1
1. Ahmose I, King of Egypt—Fiction. 2. Egypt—History—To 332 B.C.—Fiction.
I. Title. II. Series: Gedge, Pauline, 1945– Lords of the two lands ; v. 3.
PS8563.E33H67 2007 C813’.54 C2007-903368-7
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ISBN-13: 978-0-14-316747-1
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This trilogy is dedicated to Prince Kamose, one of the most obscure and misunderstood characters in Egyptian history. I hope that in some small I have contributed to his rehabilitation
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CHARACTER LIST
THE FAMILY
Ahmose Tao—Prince of Weset
Aahotep—his mother
Tetisheri—his grandmother
Aahmes-nefertari—his sister and wife
Tani—his younger sister
Ahmose-onkh—Aahmes-nefertari’s son by her eldest brother and first husband, Si-Amun, now deceased
Hent-ta-Hent—daughter to Ahmose and Aahmes-nefertari
Sat-Kamose—daughter to Ahmose and Aahmes-nefertari
MALE SERVANTS
Akhtoy—the Chief Steward
Kares—Steward to Aahotep
Uni—Steward to Tetisheri
Ipi—the Chief Scribe
Khabekhnet—the Chief Herald
Neferperet—the Chief Treasurer
Khunes—Aahmes-nefertari’s Scribe
Amuniseneb—Aahmes-nefertari’s Overseer of Granaries
Emkhu—Aahmes-nefertari’s Captain of the Household Guards
Yuf—Aahotep’s personal priest
Pa-she—Tutor to Ahmose-onkh
Hekayib—Ahmose’s body servant
FEMALE SERVANTS
Isis—Tetisheri’s body servant
Hetepet—Aahotep’s body servant
Heket—Tani’s body servant
Raa—Ahmose-onkh’s Nurse
Senehat—a servant
THE PRINCES
Hor-Aha—a native of Wawat and leader of the Medjay
Makhu of Akhmin
Mesehti of Djawati
Ankhmahor of Aabtu
Harkhuf—his son
Sebek-nakht of Mennofer
Antefoker of Iunu
OTHER EGYPTIANS
Tetaky—Mayor of Weset
Dagi—Mayor of Mennofer
Pahesi—Mayor of Nekheb
Amunmose—High Priest of Amun
Turi—Ahmose’s childhood friend and General of the Division of Amun
Ramose—son of Aahotep’s relatives, a close friend to Ahmose, and once Tani’s betrothed
Baba Abana—a naval officer
Kay (later Ahmose) Abana—his son, also a naval officer
Zaa pen Nekheb—Kay Abana’s young cousin
Qar—Captain of the ship
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EGYPTIAN MILITARY PERSONNEL
DIVISION OF AMUN
Prince Ahmose—Commander-in-Chief
Turi—General
Ankhmahor—Commander of the Shock Troops
Idu—Standard Bearer
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Kagemni—General
Khnumhotep—Commander of the Shock Troops
Khaemhet—Standard Bearer
DIVISION OF PTAH
Akhethotep—General
DIVISION OF THOTH
Baqet—General
Tchanny—Commander of the Shock Troops
Pepynakht—Standard Bearer
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DIVISION OF KHONSU
Iymery—General
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DIVISION OF ANUBIS
Neferseshemptah—General
DIVISION OF OSIRIS
Meryrenefer—General
DIVISION OF HORUS
Khety—General
Ankhtify—Standard Bearer
DIVISION OF MONTU
Sebek-khu—General
THE SETIU
Awoserra Aqenenra Apepa—the King
Pezedkhu—General
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Hat-Anath—a female courtier