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The first in a new trilogy by Christian Jacq, BENEATH THE PYRAMID is a gripping novel of suspense which takes place during the reign of Ramses the Great. A young, intelligent, incorruptible novice judge, Pazair, is called to Memphis to investigate the mysterious deaths of five guards standing watch over the sphinx at Giza. His inquiries unearth a plot to overthrow Ramses, and with the help of Souti, a former scribe, and the beautiful Nefertet, a young doctor, he sets out to discover the truth. But can he survive in the process?… (meer)
I have no idea why Christian Jacq books are so popular - I found the dialogue stilted and forced, charactisation poor, little flow and no tension. I dont know whether this is because Jacq is a poor writer, or this book has been translated poorly (I hope it was a translate - Jacq being French and living in Switzerland - as if not, the fault is entirely Jacq's).
For example: within seconds of meeting the investigator for the first time, the investigator has given up his entire life story in a paragraph along the lines of "I grew up on the wrong side of the streets, I'm mean and violent and I dont care who knows it and I'll beat up and threaten anyone who gets on my wrong side whether you like it or not". Literally.
The scribe is not better, always turning up late due to arguments with his wife, but the passages where this happens are not funny, threatening, enlightening and add little to the plot.
The judge keeps being told that he is making "powerful enemies" but you feel no fear of the characters concerned - and no empathy for the judge - so there is no engagement on either side to make you want to continue to the end ( )
Una investigación policial llevada a cabo en el Egipto de Ramsés II por un juez provincial que descubrirá un complot real destinado a derrocar al poder central.
Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
Lo, that which the ancestors predicted has come to pass: crime is everywhere, violence has invaded men's hearts, misfortune besets the land, blood flows, the thief grows wealthy, smiles have faded, secrets have been divulged, trees have been uprooted, pyramids have been desecrated, the wold has sunk so low that a few madmen have seized control of the throne, and the judges have been driven away. But remember respect forth Rule, the righteous succession of days, the happy time when men built pyramids and filled orchards with plenty for the gods, that blessed time when a simple mat provided all that a man could desire and made him content. Predictions of the sage Ipu-Ur
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The moonless night had cast a veil of darkness around the Great Pyramid, and the group of soldiers who guarded it.
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Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
Yes, the Egyptian judge would drive away the darkness, and light would be reborn.
The first in a new trilogy by Christian Jacq, BENEATH THE PYRAMID is a gripping novel of suspense which takes place during the reign of Ramses the Great. A young, intelligent, incorruptible novice judge, Pazair, is called to Memphis to investigate the mysterious deaths of five guards standing watch over the sphinx at Giza. His inquiries unearth a plot to overthrow Ramses, and with the help of Souti, a former scribe, and the beautiful Nefertet, a young doctor, he sets out to discover the truth. But can he survive in the process?
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For example: within seconds of meeting the investigator for the first time, the investigator has given up his entire life story in a paragraph along the lines of "I grew up on the wrong side of the streets, I'm mean and violent and I dont care who knows it and I'll beat up and threaten anyone who gets on my wrong side whether you like it or not". Literally.
The scribe is not better, always turning up late due to arguments with his wife, but the passages where this happens are not funny, threatening, enlightening and add little to the plot.
The judge keeps being told that he is making "powerful enemies" but you feel no fear of the characters concerned - and no empathy for the judge - so there is no engagement on either side to make you want to continue to the end (