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Three Novels Of Ancient Egypt
''Three Novels of Ancient Egypt'' may refer to these English-language omnibuses: *''Three Novels of Ancient Egypt'' by Naguib Mahfouz, published by Everyman's Library ('' Khufu's Wisdom'', ''Rhadopis of Nubia'', and ''Thebes at War ''Thebes at War'' (''Kefah Teba''; ar, كفاح طيبة) is an early novel by the Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz. It was originally published in Arabic in 1944. An English translation by Humphrey Davies appeared in 2003. The novel is one of seve ...'') *''Three Novels of Ancient Egypt'' by Wilbur Smith, published by Reader's Digest ('' River God'', '' The Seventh Scroll'', and '' Warlock'') {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omnibus Edition
An omnibus edition or omnibus is a creative work containing one or more works by the same or, more rarely, different authors. Commonly two or more components have been previously published as books but a collection of shorter works, or shorter works collected with one previous book, may be an omnibus. Omnibus editions help consolidate longer series into fewer books. The prices are usually equal to or less than the price of buying each individual edition separately. Examples *''The Omnibus Jules Verne (4-Books-In-1: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Around the World in Eighty Days, The Blockade Runners, From the Earth to the Moon and a Trip Around It)''. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. *''The Sherlock Holmes illustrated omnibus : a facsimile ed. of all Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories'', illustrated by Sidney Paget, as they originally appeared in the Strand magazine. London: John Murray. 1978. *''Agatha Christie 1920s Omnibus'', ''Agatha Christie 1930s Om ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naguib Mahfouz
Naguib Mahfouz Abdelaziz Ibrahim Ahmed Al-Basha ( arz, نجيب محفوظ عبد العزيز ابراهيم احمد الباشا, ; 11 December 1911 – 30 August 2006) was an Egyptian writer who won the 1988 Nobel Prize in Literature. Mahfouz is regarded as one of the first contemporary writers in the Arabic literature, along with Taha Hussein, to explore themes of existentialism. He is the only Egyptian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. He published 35 novels, over 350 short stories, 26 screenplays, hundreds of op-ed columns for Egyptian newspapers, and seven plays over a 70-year career, from the 1930s until 2004. All of his novels take place in Egypt, and always mentions the lane, which equals the world. His most famous works include '' The Cairo Trilogy'' and ''Children of Gebelawi''. Many of Mahfouz's works have been made into Egyptian and foreign films; no Arab writer exceeds Mahfouz in number of works that have been adapted for cinema and television. While Mahf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khufu's Wisdom
''Khufu's Wisdom'' ( ar, حكمة خوفو, Hikmat Khufu) is the first novel by the Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz. It was originally published in 1939 in Arabic by Salama Moussa, who renamed it '''' (), as a separate issue of the magazine ''Al Majalla Al Jadida''. It is Mahfouz's first novel and the first of what would later be referred to as his pharaonic trilogy, which also includes ''Rhadopis'' and ''Thebes at War''. History After beginning his literary career in the mid-1930s writing short stories published in ''Arrissalah'', Mahfouz made his foray into writing novels in 1939 with . It is one of several novels that Mahfouz wrote at the beginning of his career with Pharaonic Egypt as the setting, employing what would become his signature historical realism. '' Rhadopis of Nubia'' (1943) and ''Thebes at War'' (1944) completed Mahfouz's pharaonic trilogy. Translations An English translation of by Raymond Stock published an English translation under the title ''Khufu's Wis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhadopis Of Nubia
''Rhadopis of Nubia'' is an early novel by the Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz. It was originally published in Arabic in 1943. An English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ... translation by Anthony Calderbank appeared in 2003 published by American University in Cairo Press. The novel is one of several that Mahfouz wrote at the beginning of his career, with Pharaonic Egypt as their setting. Others in this series of novels include '' Khufu's Wisdom'' (1939) and '' Thebes at War'' (1944). All have been translated into English and appeared in one volume under the title ''Three Novels of Ancient Egypt'' ( Everyman's Library, 2007). References Arabic-language novels Novels by Naguib Mahfouz Egyptian historical novels 1943 novels Novels set in ancient Egypt Ficti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thebes At War
''Thebes at War'' (''Kefah Teba''; ar, كفاح طيبة) is an early novel by the Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz. It was originally published in Arabic in 1944. An English translation by Humphrey Davies appeared in 2003. The novel is one of several that Mahfouz wrote at the beginning of his career, with Pharaonic Egypt as their setting. Others in this series of novels include '' Khufu's Wisdom'' (1939) and ''Rhadopis of Nubia ''Rhadopis of Nubia'' is an early novel by the Egyptian writer Naguib Mahfouz. It was originally published in Arabic in 1943. An English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: ...'' (1943). All have been translated into English and appeared in one volume under the title '' Three Novels of Ancient Egypt'' ( Everyman's Library, 2007). References Arabic-language novels Historical novels Novels by Naguib Mahfouz 1944 novels Novels set in ancient Egypt {{1940s-hist-novel-st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilbur Smith
Wilbur Addison Smith (9 January 1933 – 13 November 2021) was a Zambian-born British-South African novelist specialising in historical fiction about international involvement in Southern Africa across four centuries, seen from the viewpoints of both black and white families. An accountant by training, he gained a film contract with his first published novel ''When the Lion Feeds''. This encouraged him to become a full-time writer, and he developed three long chronicles of the South African experience which all became best-sellers. He acknowledged his publisher Charles Pick's advice to "write about what you know best", and his work takes in much authentic detail of the local hunting and mining way of life, along with the romance and conflict that goes with it. By the time of his death in 2021 he had published 49 books and had sold more than 140 million copies, 24 million of them in Italy (by 2014). Early life Smith was born in Ndola, Northern Rhodesia, (now Zambia), as was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Seventh Scroll
''The Seventh Scroll'' is a novel by author Wilbur Smith. It was first published in 1995. It is part of the 'Egyptian' series of novels by Smith and follows the exploits of the adventurer Nicholas Quenton-Harper and Dr. Royan Al Simma. The tomb of Tanus, which is the focus of the book, refers to another novel by the author, '' River God''. The novel was adapted into a miniseries in 1999. Plot summary This book is set in the present and follows the adventurer Nicholas Quenton-Harper and his love interest, Dr. Royan Al Simma, as they uncover the tomb of Tanus. Duraid Al Simma and his wife Royan decipher the seventh scroll from the tomb of Lostris. They are attacked and their work is stolen. Duraid is brutally murdered, but Royan escapes. Royan heads to England and convinces an old friend of Duraid, Nicholas, of the existence of the treasure in Pharaoh Mamose's tomb. Together, they travel to Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
