Le figlie dei faraoni

by Emilio Salgari

Il giovane Mirinri è il legittimo erede al trono d'Egitto, ma ne è stato spodestato in tenera età. Viene allevato con amore dal sacerdote Ounis, che diventa per lui un padre e un consigliere. Quando volge gli occhi su una fanciulla stupenda, principessa di sangue reale, se ne innamora all'istante e decide di conquistarla. Farlo significherà, però, dimostrare la sua discendenza reale, anche con le maniere forti.

Genres: Adventure, Historical, Classics

Paperback

First published January 1, 1895

About the author

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Arabic: أميليو سالغاري

Father of Italian Popular Culture, Grandfather of the Spaghetti Western, Father of Heroes are but three of the titles bestowed upon Italian adventure writer Emilio Salgari. He wrote more than two hundred short stories and novels, many of which are considered classics. Setting his tales in exotic locations, with heroes from a wide variety of cultures, Mr. Salgari brought the wonders of the world to the doorstep of generations of readers.

Reviews

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[Vladimiro · Rating 3 out of 5]

Era tanto che non leggevo Salgari (il corsaro nero fu una delle primissime letture della mia infanzia) e non ricordavo fosse "invecchiato" così male. Lo stile è tutto sommato semplice e fluido e la narrazione persino avvincente perché c'è tanta carne al fuoco ed in effetti da metà libro in poi non mi sono quasi fermato.

Però è un libro incredibilmente vecchio. E' stracolmo di interventi diretti dell'autore che ci spiega cultura e religione dell'antico Egitto, con l'aggravante che essendo di inizio '900 contiene un'infinità di inesattezze.

La trama è il punto dolente. Avvincente e piena di trovate (gente seppellita, isole misteriose, piramidi da esplorare, tesori nascosti ecc.) sì, ma difficilmente credibile in molti punti e a volte contraddittoria. Il grosso punto dolente è il protagonista, dal brutto nome di Mirinri, innamorato di una donna che ha salvato, ben presto però ne appare un'altra che del nostro si innamora: questo da luogo ad un'infinità di ripetizioni nella dinamica di questo trio. Le parti "too much" come si direbbe oggi sono parecchie, troppe. A volte funzionano, a volte no. Tuttavia, nonostante questo, non è difficile immaginare vi sia stato un momento storico in cui il pubblico adorava queste cose.

Avrei dato 2 ma ho messo 3 perché alla fine ho letto con piacere e d'un fiato le ultime pagine.

[Fonch · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ladies and gentlemen, taking advantage of the fact that I am unleashed on the subject of writing reviews, I will try to take advantage of the creative maelstrom to write another review. It is well known that I have a lot of prevention with suicides and, therefore, I was reluctant to read anything by Emilio Salgari, but, it seems that he was a very poor man and had a very large family. In spite of that, my father advised me to read two of his novels, "The Castaways of Liguria" (it is the name of the ship, not of the region of Genoa) and, the other book that my father recommended to me was "The Devastations of the Pirates" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... my father tells me that the description of nature is really overwhelming and, spectacular. A true Natural History lesson (in his words). Personally, I'm dedicating myself a lot to that now, to paying more attention to landscapes (or the description of them) and, of the writers I've read, the two who have performed best this year in this field have been James Oliver Curwood, https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... with his beautiful descriptions of Canadian geography (we'll talk about "The Grizzly Bear or King") and, "Happy Guilt" by Zofia Kossak https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... (the only thing you can tell about the Polish writer's novel is that I don't know if there will be an English edition of this book but, if it did, don't miss the opportunity to read it) @palabraes that has impressed me a lot and, hopefully, it will be on the list of best books of this year. My father has always been very fond of the novels of Robinsons, survivors in extreme conditions. This genre could be called Robinson's novels, and utopias like Jules Verne https://www.goodreads.com/author/show..., P.C. Wren's "Beau Sabreur" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9... or Wyss's "The Swiss Robinsons https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6... although perhaps one of the first examples of this genre has been "The Adventurer Simplex Simplicissimus" by Grimmelshausen https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6... whose last phase takes place on a desert island that the protagonist already in the maturity of his life will not want to leave.
This novel by Emilio Salgari is not a pirate novel but a peplum, or so that users of @goodreads would understand me, it would be a Sword and sandals. In this case, the reader will find himself in front of a novel set in the Egypt of the pharaohs. I have read very few novels about Egypt. It should be borne in mind that, although I am a historian, my speciality is Modern History in the period from (1492-1789) (in other countries it would begin in 1453, or in 1517 in the French and German cases). It is something very curious: when my mother studied History, she did not give anything about the civilizations of the Fertile Crescent and, to a server, they did not give anything about Egypt and, what is known is the contact that the Mesopotamian civilizations had with ancient Egypt. I've read very few fantasy novels about Egypt "Red Pyramid" by Rick Riordan https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7..., "Pyramids" by Fred Saberhagen (an alternate world that adapted Egyptian mythology. It was from the saga of the Pilgrim. Fred Saberhagen seems to us to be a very underrated writer https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... ), Gary Gygax's Setne trilogy the one I liked the most was the second "The Key is Samarkand" https://www.goodreads.com/series/1528... . Then I read one by Lynda S. Robinson https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2..., Boleslaw Prus https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5... "Pharaoh" (the favorite novel of the genocidal Stalin https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...). A servant does not understand the amount of praise that this novel received. Perhaps because it was an anti-clerical novel that defended secular politics against religious politics. A very famous series was made of this novel. But, the novel itself was horrific and riddled with historical errors. The one that I loved, on the other hand, is one of my favorite novels "Sinuhe the Egyptian" by one of my favorite writers Mika Waltari https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2.... Lynda S. Robinson's novel is very hostile to Akhenathon reflecting more historical reality. But Waltari's novel https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... sought to denounce totalitarianism and show the importance of Christianity in a world that tends towards unbelief and religious indifferentism. As my admired Juan Manuel de Prada points out, https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... paraphrasing the Marquis of Valdegamas Donoso Cortés https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... (our Edmund Burke https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... ) that the lower the religious thermometer, the higher the possibility of dictatorships. The followers of Aton were the forerunners of Christianity (I called it proto-Christianity just as those of Dayauka might have been in Nicholas Guild's "The Assyrian" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...). By the way, its second part, a blood star, the best part of it, takes place in the Egypt of Taharqua https://www.goodreads.com/series/9039...) and the protagonist embodied the current postmodern man, who was also very well embodied in the novel "Barabbas" by Pars Lagerkvist .https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... (anyway, I liked "The Dwarf" much better than "The Dwarf" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2.... In our humble opinion, the wonderful film adaptation made by Fleischer with Anthony Quinn playing Barabbas is much better). I didn't finish one of my sister Maggie Sendra's favorite novels, "Memoirs of Cleopatra" by Margaret George https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... and, I recommend, although I haven't read it, the novel "The Inheritance of the Scorpion King" by Manuel Alfonseca https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3... (Horus Scorpion II, or Narmer inspired Brendan Fraser's antagonist in The Mummy II and its subsequent spin-offs) and, it was The Rock's debut Dawyne Johnson the wrestler as an actor.
Going back to Emilio Salgari, this novel is set in the third dynasty. It has a very strong influence from a writer who should be more popular like Henry Rider Haggard https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... (although this novel is much better than "Morning Star" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... which I also read and it was crap. It would be in the top 50 of my worst books. Although I liked Boleslaw Prus's "Pharaoh" much less). Another book that I didn't mention, that I read and didn't like was "The Lady of the Nile" by Pauline Gedge https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... (the story of the pharaoh Hatsheput) but, in case anyone is interested, here is the publishing house that published it in Spain, Ediciones Pàmies, which has also published the novels of Pauline Gedge.
This novel tells the story of an orphan boy named Mirinri raised by a priest named Ounis, quite old, and this boy saves Pharaoh Pepi's daughter from drowning (her name is Nikotris) and falls in love with her. This does not please Ounis, who has educated Mirinri in revenge against the current Pharaoh. He tells him the story of his father Tani who went to war, I think, against the Babylonians, or the Assyrians (I don't remember which of the two). I don't think the Hittites were. By antiquity, they could be the first two civilizations. The Pharaoh was wounded, but his brother Pepi left him for dead and usurped the throne and, when he went to claim it, he did not listen to him and treated him with disregard and, he died and his son rescued from the palace was raised by the loyal Priest Ounis. There's a lot more to this character than meets the eye. Of course, Mirinri asks Ounis for proof, and then they go to a flower and a sphinx, which has the meaning of an ordeal and which proves the legitimacy of the pharaoh and which ceased to function in the time of the Roman emperor Septimius Severus, who did works on it, in addition, Mirinri fights a fight with a lion. This author drinks a lot from Rider Haggard (Salgari has another novel about Carthage that he has bought and it is in Mojados. It also follows the aesthetic of Gustave Flaubert's "Salambo" https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...). The aesthetics and setting remind me a bit of those of Edgar Rice Burroughs https://www.goodreads.com/author/show..., Robert E. Howard https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5..., Abraham Merritt https://www.goodreads.com/author/show... and, other writers like that. In fact, he rated it as outstanding. This young adult novel is downright interesting. Although historically (you had to look at it) Tani is not the founder of the third dynasty and nothing was found of either Pepi or Mirinri. But, this failure can be excused since the novel is captivating and captivating. The battle with the lion, and with the wine-worshippers is very well done. He stumbles upon a great God of the Egyptian pantheon, but it's not bad, and the character of Nefer (she has nothing to do with the Nefer Nefer of "Sinuhe the Egyptian") who has a lot of She https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6... (turned by Edgar Rice Burroughs into The https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5... in the ruins of Opar) or, Ayesha https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5.... She tries to be a femme fatale, but fails to do so, and, like Ounis, Nefer is something else (see in the Nubian temple). On this journey they are accompanied by the leader of the resistance and a man loyal to Ounis. Nefer is the best of the deceiving and seductive novel, but unfortunately she falls in love with her victim in a hopeless love. He demonstrates unwavering fidelity to the people to whom he has given his heart. The Nubian Temple episode is very Rider Haggard. For me, the real villain of the story is Hor Hor, the priest of Tha, and the one who commits the crimes in the name of Pepi. A mastermind of evil. The way he reappears is fearsome, and his plans are truly scary and without any moral scruples. He acts with great evil and seeks to do as much damage as possible. As a villain, he's very well done. The animosity towards Tani is due to the fact that he dismissed him for stealing. A server was expecting something more sinister. A darker religion with human sacrifices, and sadism and cruelty. I fit that profile better. There's a moment when the victory seems to be his because he nullifies all but two characters. Mirinri is a hero who is deflated and is relegated by the daughters of the pharaohs (in fact it would have been fairer if the novel had been called "The daughters of the pharaohs") (because Nikotris comes out again and assumes an important role and shows us that the usurper Pepi has a conscience and is not a monster of evil unlike Hor Hor) and, by Ounis, who for me is the true hero of the story. The reason I regret having been entertained by why I have not given it more note. It's for the end. I very much agree with the ending given to Pepi (the same ending that is given to Stangmar in "The Lost Years of Merlin" by T.A. Barron https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... ), and the solution given to Nikotris and Mirinri is very successful. There is a moment when Mirinri reminded me of Segismundo in "Life is a Dream" by Pedro Calderón de la Barca https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9.... The problem is that in the end, determinism and fatalism end up imposing themselves on free will. The optimal would be a healthy balance between the two that prevents us from falling into predestination and, in its opposite, Pelagianism. But as James Caan said in the wonderful movie Mickey Blue Eyes: "It's funny how life imitates art." The ending is spoiled because it's bitter, sad, and hopeless. This ending will seal the fate of its author. He errs on the side of fatalism and determinism (Nefer's fate is very sad, though not unexpected). That's why the grade was lowered to (3.5/5). Much better than Boleslaw Prus' "Pharaoh", Henry Rider Haggard's "Morning Star" or Pauline Gedge's "Lady of the Nile", but far inferior to "Sinuhe the Egyptian"

[Jaime Fernández Garrido · Rating 1 out of 5]

Esta novela de Emilio Salgari es simple, simple. Tan simple que en las primeras cinco páginas ya sabemos el final. Quizás está dirigida a un público juvenil, pero no es excusa para no usar más de un puñado de palabras para desarrollar la historia. Además, Salgari comete un error horrible, que es meter a un narrador omnisciente que de vez en cuando cuenta cómo eran las cosas en el Antiguo Egipto, es decir, en lugar de integrar las anécdotas y el conocimiento (tampoco demasiado, no vaya a ser que el lector se canse) en la narración, ese narrador, que puede aparecer en cualquier momento, explica cómo eran las cosas antiguamente, o que determinadas ciudades “ya” no existen. Ese “ya” debe hacer referencia al momento de la escritura de la novela, un lejano 1905 o, según las fuentes, otro más lejano 1895.

Para colmo de males yo lo he leído en una versión de M. E. Editores, de 1994, que tiene una edición monstruosa, está llena de erratas y faltas ortográficas, lleva un puñado de ilustraciones que son feas, feísimas, e incluso el título está mal traducido, porque el real de Salgari es “Las hijas de los faraones”.

A pesar de que el libro está escrito, prácticamente en su totalidad, a base de diálogos, la narración se hace monótona y aburrida, más que nada porque los supuestos giros argumentales son tan esperables como la idea general de la novela.

En definitiva, que no había visto tanta simpleza desde que me aventuré (¡Oh, inocente de mí!) en el libro de Santiago Posteguillo “Y Julia retó a los dioses” y, a las pocas páginas de comenzar, el autor había insertado una tabla hecha con Word sobre lo que pensaba cada dios sobre la protagonista. Aquello me echó del libro sin contemplaciones.

[Gabriel Ávila · Rating 4 out of 5]

Salgari es garantía segura. Cualquier libro suyo te dará emoción, aventuras y parajes exóticos, que se dedica a describir de forma pormenorizada. Aquí el entorno es el del Egipto de los faraones, y una guerra sucesoria en la que ocurre de todo. Una delicia.

[Vanneza · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.8 Un joven faraón exiliado que decide reclamar su trono, se ve envuelto en una aventura con los aliados de su difunto padre y una misteriosa hechicera que guarda un secreto importante. ¿Podrá el amor que siente por la hija del faraón usurpador hacerse realidad?

[Eng. Mohamed ali · Rating 1 out of 5]

رواية بدائية جدا اقرب الى ادب الاطفال..وممكن تكون المشكلة فى الترجمة الضعيفة

[Ida Dmas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quilty pleasure, one of the less known novels of Emilio Salgari, with his majestic descriptive prose , Salgari transport us to the banks of the Nile with long decorated ships crossing its waters at crepuscular hours and pyramids casting their shadows in the desert sand. Ambition, vying for power, and passion shape the lives of two princesses and the next pharaoh

[Amira]

3rd time, DNF.