Genre:
Biblical/Historical Fiction
Biblical/Historical Fiction
The Pharaoh's Daughter
A Treasures Of The Nile Novel book 1
by Mesu Andrews
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-From the back cover-
“You will be called Anippe,
daughter of the Nile. Do you like it?”
Without waiting for a reply, she pulls me into her
squishy, round tummy for a hug. I'm trying not to cry. Pharaoh's daughters don't cry... When we make our way down the hall, I try to stop at Ummi Kiya's chamber. I know her spirit has flown yet I long for one more moment. Amenia pushes me past so I keep walking and don't look back. Like the waters of the Nile, I will flow.
Annipe has grown up in the shadows of Egypt's good god Pharaoh, aware that Anubis. God of the afterlife, may take her or her siblings at any moment. She watched him snatch her mother and infant brother during childbirth, a moment that awakened in her a terrible dread of ever bearing a child. Now she is to become the bride of Sebak, the kind but quick-tempered captain of Pharaoh Tut's army. In order to provide Sebak the her he deserves and yet protect herself from the underworld gods, Anippe must launch a series of deceptions, even involving the Hebrew midwives – women ordered by Tut to drown their own people in the Nile
When she finds a baby floating in a basket on the great river, Anippe believes Egypt's gods have answered her pleas, entrenching her more deeply in deception and placing her and her son, Mehy, whom handmaiden Miriam calls Moses, in mortal danger. As bloodshed and savage politics shift the balance of power in Egypt, the gods reveal their fickle natures and Anippe wonders if her son, a boy of Hebrew blood, could one day become king. Or does the god of the Hebrew servants, the one they call El Shaddai, have a different plan for them all? |
This Book received a 5 Bark rating.
Mesu Andrews
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5 stars all the way!
Impressive. That's the word I would choose if I could only pick one to describe The Pharaoh's Daughter. Every page shows Mesu Andrews's flawless research and exquisite attention to detail.
Mesu Andrews has so vividly painted the Egyptian landscape and life 4,000 years ago that I became totally immersed in the story. The Pharaoh's Daughter is such a unique look into a time long gone. Not only does the author tell the beautiful parts of history but also the harshness and danger of living as a part of the Egyptian royal family and as a slave. The book isn't gory but is rather true to life as it was then.
By turns I felt sympathy for Anippe and the impossible life she must lead, wondered at her choices, and even disliked her. Mesu Andrews has masterfully penned characters that become very real to the reader. I reacted to the characters in The Pharaoh's Daughter in as varied a manner as I would with real people.
Mesu Andrews latest Biblical fiction title is an amazing must read, one that I would give an unreserved 5 Stars to and would recommend to any of my friends who enjoy Christian fiction. I am most anxiously awaiting the next book in what I know will be an exciting and wonderful series.
Tell Tale Book Reviews gives The Pharaoh's Daughter by Mesu Andrews a 5 Bark rating.
Impressive. That's the word I would choose if I could only pick one to describe The Pharaoh's Daughter. Every page shows Mesu Andrews's flawless research and exquisite attention to detail.
Mesu Andrews has so vividly painted the Egyptian landscape and life 4,000 years ago that I became totally immersed in the story. The Pharaoh's Daughter is such a unique look into a time long gone. Not only does the author tell the beautiful parts of history but also the harshness and danger of living as a part of the Egyptian royal family and as a slave. The book isn't gory but is rather true to life as it was then.
By turns I felt sympathy for Anippe and the impossible life she must lead, wondered at her choices, and even disliked her. Mesu Andrews has masterfully penned characters that become very real to the reader. I reacted to the characters in The Pharaoh's Daughter in as varied a manner as I would with real people.
Mesu Andrews latest Biblical fiction title is an amazing must read, one that I would give an unreserved 5 Stars to and would recommend to any of my friends who enjoy Christian fiction. I am most anxiously awaiting the next book in what I know will be an exciting and wonderful series.
Tell Tale Book Reviews gives The Pharaoh's Daughter by Mesu Andrews a 5 Bark rating.
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Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: WaterBrook Press (March 17, 2015) ISBN-10: 1601425996 ISBN-13: 978-1601425997 |
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