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kindle ↠ House of Illusions Û 436 pages Download á dogsalonbristol Å [KINDLE] ❄ House of Illusions ❦ Pauline Gedge – Dogsalonbristol.co.uk Pauline Gedge is a master at recreating the golden age in Egypt Her heroine Thu a peasant girl from the village of Aswat possesses boThe lowly temple of Wepwawet near the first cataract House of Illusions opens on Gedge's vividly recreated Egypt sixteen years after Thu's banishment During her exile she writes an account of her court life and the betrayal for which she seeks reven This a superb conclusion to the book Lady of the Reeds which I read over a decade ago I never knew there was a seuel to it until I happened to be looking up this author on my Nook and discovered the seuel I bought it and found it to be as amazing and rich in detail as the first novel Gedge brings ancient Egypt and all the people in it from noble to peasant merchant to concubine to a living breathing reality Unlike the first book which was told from the POV of Thu a woman midwife physician and later concubine and royal lady to Pharoah this book was divided between the viewpoints of Kamen a young soldier and adopted son of a rich merchant Kaha an Egyptian scribe and Thu again All the people were intertwined with one another because of the events of the first novel which were described so well in this one that I didn't need to re read the first bookThis book is like a roller coaster for over half the book only slowing somewhat towards the last third but it is still an exciting and breathless read I couldn't put it down and was happy I had a day off yesterday to read it because I HAD to know what happened to Kamen Thu Kaha Hui Ramses and others This book ranks up there with other Gedge favorites Lady of the Reeds and Child of the Morning as well as Judith Tarr's Throne of Isis Lord of the Two Lands King and Goddess and Pillar of Fire