A Question

by Georg Ebers

Georg Ebers (1837-1898) was a historian and Egyptologist who wrote some of the most vivid historical novels of his time. His historical romances set in Ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, the Holy Land and Medieval Europe have entertained and informed generations of readers.This unique edition has been spell-corrected and reformatted especially for the Kindle. It contains clear and easy-to-read chapter headings and appropriate line and page breaks. This edition is a one-of-a-kind version of the original text that represents many hours of hard work by Joust Books editors.An excerpt from Bride of the I.Half a lustrum had elapsed since Egypt had become subject to the youthful power of the Arabs, which had risen with such unexampled vigor and rapidity. It had fallen an easy prey, cheaply bought, into the hands of a small, well-captained troop of Moslem warriors; and the fair province, which so lately had been a jewel of the Byzantine Empire and the most faithful foster-mother to Christianity, now owned the sway of the Khalif Omar and saw the Crescent raised by the side of the Cross.It was long since a hotter season had afflicted the land; and the Nile, whose rising had been watched for on the Night of Dropping -- the 17th of June -- with the usual festive preparations, had cheated the hopes of the Egyptians, and instead of rising had shrunk narrower and still narrower in its bed. -- It was in this time of sore anxiety, on the 10th of July, A.D. 643, that a caravan from the North reached Memphis.It was but a small one; but its appearance in the decayed and deserted city of the Pyramids -- which had grown only lengthwise, like a huge reed-leaf, since its breadth was confined between the Nile and the Libyan Hills -- attracted the gaze of the passers-by, though in former years a Memphite would scarcely have thought it worth while to turn his head to gaze at an interminable pile of wagons loaded with merchandise, an imposing train of vehicles drawn by oxen, the flashing maniples of the imperial cavalry, or an endless procession wending its way down the five miles of high street.The merchant who, riding a dromedary of the choicest breed, conducted this caravan, was a lean Moslem of mature age, robed in soft silk. A vast turban covered his small head and cast a shadow over his delicate and venerable features.

Genres: Fiction

68 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1881

About the author

German Egyptologist and novelist Georg Moritz Ebers discovered the Egyptian medical papyrus, circa 1550 BC, named Ebers papyrus, at Luxor (Thebes) in the winter of 1873/74.

Ebers early conceived the idea of popularizing Egyptian lore by means of historical romances. Eine ägyptische Königstochter was published in 1864 and obtained great success. His subsequent works of the same kind—Uarda (1877), Homo sum (1878), Die Schwestern (1880), Der Kaiser (1881), of which the scene is laid in Egypt at the time of Hadrian, Serapis (1885), Die Nilbraut (1887), and Kleopatra (1894), were also well received, and did much to make the public familiar with the discoveries of Egyptologists. Ebers also turned his attention to other fields of historical fiction—especially the 16th century (Die Frau Bürgermeisterin, 1882; Die Gred, 1887)—without, however, attaining the success of his Egyptian novels.

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[Susan Molloy · Rating 3 out of 5]

🖊 This is a rough one. 🗑 J’ai abandonné ce livre à 17%. Conversely, other readers may find this story their answer to this question of a book.
📙 This book was published in 1881.
🟢The e-book version can be found on Project Gutenberg.
🟣Kindle.
🔲 Excerpts of note:

🔹Semestre looked like a cautious cat awaiting the attack of the less nimble but stronger shepherd's dog.

🔸Jason, as he spoke, passed his hard, brown finger over the upper and then the under row of his teeth;

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