### Review '...compelling character descriptions...lovely use of language...a thoroughly readable novel.' The National Post on LORDS OF THE TWO LANDS 2 '[Gedge] paints prose poems of astonishing beauty that fill House of Dreams with Egypt's glorious sunlight, crystalline air, cool fragrant breezes,
Lords of the Two Lands #02 - The Oasis
โ Scribed by Gedge, Pauline
- Publisher
- Soho Press;Penguin Canada
- Year
- 2001;2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 356 KB
- Edition
- paperback / softback
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
Review
'...compelling character descriptions...lovely use of language...a thoroughly readable novel.' The National Post on LORDS OF THE TWO LANDS 2 '[Gedge] paints prose poems of astonishing beauty that fill House of Dreams with Egypt's glorious sunlight, crystalline air, cool fragrant breezes, turquoise skies...' The Toronto Star on THE HOUSE OF DREAMS 3 'Pauline Gedge's strengths imagination, ingenuity in plotting, and convincing characterization - are here in abundance' Books in Canada on HOUSE OF ILLUSIONS 4 'Gedge's powerful historic imagination, capable of filling epic canvases with characters affectingly human...has had full scope in Scroll of Saqqara.' The Toronto Star on THE SCROLL OF SAQQARA
About the Author
Pauline Gedge is the author of eight novels, including Child of the Morning , Lady of the Reeds , and The Hippopotamus Marsh: Lords of the Two Lands, Volume 1 , all available from Soho Press.
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