Sweat trickled down their taut bare backs. They are very well written and do not detract at all, but again this may not be to your tastes.The two men crept along the edge of the moonlit barley ﬁeld. There are also adult themes throughout, both romantically and in scenes of violence or torture, which are quite graphically described. This is as the book is read as a narrative from the perspective of a scholar at the time, which I find adds greatly to the atmosphere and our understanding of that character, but it might not be to your tastes. He wept this, she exclaimed that and so on.

Parts, especially dialogue, reminded me of Homer's Odyssey, in that everything seems a tad dramatic. The wording does use a large, slightly dated vocabulary. You should note that the writing style may not be to everyone's tastes. I would recommend this to any fans of history novels, although the story is a mix of an adventure with a strong romance throughout. The book has a really fascinating story, mixed in with a very in depth detail of Egyptian life. I am perhaps a quarter of the way through the novel, so may update this one I am done, but it is a clear 5 stars from me so far. I was recommended this book by a friend of mine. I can thoroughly recommend this book with respect to so many angles it would take me hours to enumerate them here.!! Well I am immediately moving on now to 'Warlock', which is part 2 of this trilogy.

it is a tale of redemption of a people, too, as they eventually make their way back to reclaim the land of theirs that has since been invaded. The other characters are very convincing, too.Lostris, his mistress, her lover, her husband, the Pharaoh, and the son she bears.Īnother aspect is the exodus they make through what we know as Upper Egypt, along the Nile, into real Africa.and what they discover there. its almost as though now at the end of this book I could almost 'sense' his presence in my own undertakings. a simple version of a flush toilet, he consults the Mazes, using psychotic herbs in order to divine the future, he is brought so powerfully to life. What especially draws me to Taita is that he is in reality an outside looking on the inside, yet still very much a Protagonist. well, 40 years later I find myself engrossed in the pages of 'River God'- living alongside the eunuch Taita who moves in between the stories of his master, the Pharaoh, and his beloved mistress.

The first of Wilbur Smith's books I ever read was 'When the Lion Feeds'- about Africa, especially what has since become South Africa.

Wilbur smith river god series in order