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La mission secrète de Sinouhé l'Egyptien
Il y a trois mille ans, un génial et anonyme romancier signe une œuvre qui devient un best-seller sous les pharaons.
C’est le héros de ce grand récit, Sinouhé l’égyptien, redoutable chef des services secrets du roi Amenemhat, que Christian Jacq ressuscite avec bonheur
La mission de Sinouhé ? Identifier l’ennemi caché en Palestine qui cherche à fédérer les tribus pour envahir l’Égypte. Contrat périlleux. D’autant que Sinouhé est accusé à tort de l’empoisonnement d’Amenemhat et qu’un de ses adjoints ne tarde pas à le trahir.
Amoureux d’une femme extraordinaire, soutenu par le Vieux qui l’a éduqué et qui croit en son innocence, Sinouhé, au retour de sa mission, parviendra-t-il à faire éclater la vérité avant d’être exécuté ?
C’est le héros de ce grand récit, Sinouhé l’égyptien, redoutable chef des services secrets du roi Amenemhat, que Christian Jacq ressuscite avec bonheur
La mission de Sinouhé ? Identifier l’ennemi caché en Palestine qui cherche à fédérer les tribus pour envahir l’Égypte. Contrat périlleux. D’autant que Sinouhé est accusé à tort de l’empoisonnement d’Amenemhat et qu’un de ses adjoints ne tarde pas à le trahir.
Amoureux d’une femme extraordinaire, soutenu par le Vieux qui l’a éduqué et qui croit en son innocence, Sinouhé, au retour de sa mission, parviendra-t-il à faire éclater la vérité avant d’être exécuté ?
378 pages, Paperback
Published October 6, 2022
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About the author
Christian Jacq
222 books943 followersAlso writes under the names Célestin Valois, J.B. Livingstone, and Christopher Carter.
Christian Jacq is a French author and Egyptologist. He has written several novels about ancient Egypt, notably a five book suite about pharaoh Ramses II, a character whom Jacq admires greatly.
Jacq's interest in Egyptology began when he was thirteen, and read History of Ancient Egyptian Civilization by Jacques Pirenne. This inspired him to write his first novel. He first visited Egypt when he was seventeen, went on to study Egyptology and archaeology at the Sorbonne, and is now one of the world's leading Egyptologists.
By the time he was eighteen, he had written eight books. His first commercially successful book was Champollion the Egyptian, published in 1987. As of 2004 he has written over fifty books, including several non-fiction books on the subject of Egyptology.
He and his wife later founded the Ramses Institute, which is dedicated to creating a photographic description of Egypt for the preservation of endangered archaeological sites.
Between 1995-1997, he published his best selling five book suite Ramsès, which is today published in over twenty-five countries. Each volume encompasses one aspect of Ramesses' known historical life, woven into a fictional tapestry of the ancient world for an epic tale of love, life and deceit.
Jacq's series describes a vision of the life of the pharaoh: he has two vile power-hungry siblings, Shanaar, his decadent older brother, and Dolora, his corrupted older sister who married his teacher. In his marital life, he first has Isetnofret (Iset) as a mistress (second Great Wife), meets his true love Nefertari (first Great Wife) and after their death, gets married to Maetnefrure in his old age. Jacq gives Ramesses only three biological children: Kha'emweset, Meritamen (she being the only child of Nefertari, the two others being from Iset) and Merneptah. The other "children" are only young officials trained for government and who are nicknamed "sons of the pharaoh".
Christian Jacq is a French author and Egyptologist. He has written several novels about ancient Egypt, notably a five book suite about pharaoh Ramses II, a character whom Jacq admires greatly.
Jacq's interest in Egyptology began when he was thirteen, and read History of Ancient Egyptian Civilization by Jacques Pirenne. This inspired him to write his first novel. He first visited Egypt when he was seventeen, went on to study Egyptology and archaeology at the Sorbonne, and is now one of the world's leading Egyptologists.
By the time he was eighteen, he had written eight books. His first commercially successful book was Champollion the Egyptian, published in 1987. As of 2004 he has written over fifty books, including several non-fiction books on the subject of Egyptology.
He and his wife later founded the Ramses Institute, which is dedicated to creating a photographic description of Egypt for the preservation of endangered archaeological sites.
Between 1995-1997, he published his best selling five book suite Ramsès, which is today published in over twenty-five countries. Each volume encompasses one aspect of Ramesses' known historical life, woven into a fictional tapestry of the ancient world for an epic tale of love, life and deceit.
Jacq's series describes a vision of the life of the pharaoh: he has two vile power-hungry siblings, Shanaar, his decadent older brother, and Dolora, his corrupted older sister who married his teacher. In his marital life, he first has Isetnofret (Iset) as a mistress (second Great Wife), meets his true love Nefertari (first Great Wife) and after their death, gets married to Maetnefrure in his old age. Jacq gives Ramesses only three biological children: Kha'emweset, Meritamen (she being the only child of Nefertari, the two others being from Iset) and Merneptah. The other "children" are only young officials trained for government and who are nicknamed "sons of the pharaoh".
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January 27, 2024
C'est un livre parfait pour plonger à l'ambiance de l'Égypte ancienne. De plus, le sujet est si engageant que c'est presque impossible de prendre une pause. Il y a beaucoup d'événements imprévus et de caractères complexes.
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April 16, 2023Très intéressant et éducatif
October 30, 2024
🌟🌟🌟,5
Premessa: non è il mio genere.
Il fatto che Christian Jacq abbia preso in mano un racconto di 4000 anni fa e gli abbia ridato vita è di per sé una cosa stupenda.
Il metodo di scrittura però non me l'ha fatta godere a pieno: i capitoli sono cortissimi (4/5 pagine) e si alternano frequentemente molti punti di vista, senza tuttavia approfondirli.
Ecco se devi trovare un difetto è proprio la mancanza di approfondimento, soprattutto nelle scene d'azione che venendo descritte in mezza pagina, non mi hanno permesso di inoltrarmi davvero nella vicenda.
Trattandosi comunque di una storia vera scritta millenni fa l'ho trovata incredibile, e nonostante non mi piaccia il modo in cui è scritta, mi è piaciuta molto.
Consigliato agli amanti del genere 🌟
Premessa: non è il mio genere.
Il fatto che Christian Jacq abbia preso in mano un racconto di 4000 anni fa e gli abbia ridato vita è di per sé una cosa stupenda.
Il metodo di scrittura però non me l'ha fatta godere a pieno: i capitoli sono cortissimi (4/5 pagine) e si alternano frequentemente molti punti di vista, senza tuttavia approfondirli.
Ecco se devi trovare un difetto è proprio la mancanza di approfondimento, soprattutto nelle scene d'azione che venendo descritte in mezza pagina, non mi hanno permesso di inoltrarmi davvero nella vicenda.
Trattandosi comunque di una storia vera scritta millenni fa l'ho trovata incredibile, e nonostante non mi piaccia il modo in cui è scritta, mi è piaciuta molto.
Consigliato agli amanti del genere 🌟
July 24, 2024
Un bel viaggio nell’Antico Egitto, consiglio per gli amanti.
Tantissimi eventi trattati in modo totalmente superficiale, ma in generale una trama piacevole, intrattenente e scorrevole (ha i capitoli che durano 3/4 pagine).
Niente male per essere un racconto scritto più o meno 4000 anni fa, perché sì: questo racconto risale al Medio Regno e Christian Jacq l’ha rivisitato e fatto “rivivere”. Assurdo
Tantissimi eventi trattati in modo totalmente superficiale, ma in generale una trama piacevole, intrattenente e scorrevole (ha i capitoli che durano 3/4 pagine).
Niente male per essere un racconto scritto più o meno 4000 anni fa, perché sì: questo racconto risale al Medio Regno e Christian Jacq l’ha rivisitato e fatto “rivivere”. Assurdo
January 14, 2024
Una scrittura sempre comprensibile e descrizioni che ti trasportano in quelle epoche, personaggi caratteristici, la storia delicatamente romanzata ma senza rovinarne la veridicità. Christian Jacq non si smentisce mai!
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