Out of the Black Land by Greenwood, Kerry

Out of the Black Land (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781464200403)

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Out of the Black Land by Greenwood, Kerry

Out of the Black Land

$18.99
Out of the Black Land by Greenwood, Kerry

Out of the Black Land

$18.99
Format: Paperback
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PW Pick 2013

"Australian author Greenwood, having made a name for herself with the lighthearted Phryne Fisher series, succeeds brilliantly with this gripping thriller set in ancient Egypt." --Publishers Weekly STARRED review

Eighteenth Dynasty Egypt is peaceful and prosperous under the dual rule of the Pharaohs Amenhotep III and IV, until the younger Pharaoh begins to dream new and terrifying dreams.

Ptah-hotep, a young peasant boy studying to be a scribe, wants to live a simple life. But Amenhotep IV appoints him Great Royal Scribe, and he is soon surrounded by bitterly envious rivals and enemies.

The child-princess Mutnodjme sees her beautiful sister Nefertiti married off to the impotent young Amenhotep. But Nefertiti must bear royal children.

The Pharaoh's shrinking army under the daring teenage General Horemheb guards the Land of the Nile from enemies on every border. But a far greater menace impends.

The newly renamed Akhnaten plans to suppress the worship of all other gods in the Black Land. His horrified court soon realize that the Pharaoh is not merely deformed, but irretrievably mad; and that the greatest danger to the Empire is in the royal palace itself.



Author: Kerry Greenwood
ISBN-10: 1464200408
ISBN-13: 9781464200403
Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
Language: English
Published: 02/05/2013
Pages: 480
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.20d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 12/03/2012 pg. 58
Booklist 02/15/2013 pg. 34
Library Journal 02/01/2013
By Kerry Greenwood
By Kerry Greenwood
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Kerry Greenwood was born in the Melbourne suburb of Footscray and after wandering far and wide, she returned to live there. She has degrees in English and Law from Melbourne University and was admitted to the legal profession on the 1st April 1982, a day which she finds both soothing and significant. Kerry has written three series, a number of plays, including The Troubadours with Stephen D'Arcy, is an award-winning children's writer and has edited and contributed to several anthologies. The Phryne Fisher series (pronounced Fry-knee, to rhyme with briny) began in 1989 with Cocaine Blues which was a great success. Kerry has written twenty books in this series with no sign yet of Miss Fisher hanging up her pearl-handled pistol. Kerry says that as long as people want to read them, she can keep writing them. In 2003 Kerry won the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Australian Association.

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