Pharaoh audiobook

When Pharaoh Tamos dies, the Egyptian kingdom falls to his son Utteric. Utteric immediately strips Taita of his wealth and sends him to the dugeons. Rameses, brother to Utteric, along with others safe Taita from death and they set out to find two of Tamose's sisters. All for this evolves with their return to Egypt to overthrow Utteric and install Rameses as Pharaoh. This is a continuing series that follows Taita as his rise as a slave to a commanding general and chief counsellor.One of the special factors about Wilbur Smith's Ancient Egypt series is each of the books has covered an almost next generation of the timeline of it's previous book and each of the books story line tagged along a new ancient region with Egypt. In Pharaoh, Wilbur successfully held on to his typical classic Ancient Egyptian flavour of the fusion between royalty and civil lives like River God, even though the taste had deviated and declined a little bit till the saga reached to Desert God. But overall Pharaoh is a success and quite better than Desert God. For an Ancient Egypt lover, i will recommend it any day.Any one interested in Egyptian history, would like this historic novel.

Pharaoh is my first venture both into the world of Wilbur Smith as well as historical fiction surrounding Egypt. I find Egypt to be fascinating, the time, effort and planning that was required to build their ancient buildings without modern technology that we take for granted; buildings that are still standing today – it is simply awe inspiring. I still remember a question that an old university professor asked, “What did the ancient Egyptians have that helped them build their great monuments that we lack today?” With a baffled class, he simply said, “Patience.”. Enough of my babbling.Pharaoh is book six in Wilbur Smith’s Ancient Egypt series, but don’t worry, it easily stands alone. After reading Pharaoh, it is easy to understand why Wilbur Smith has a veritable cornucopia of titles attached to his name. Pharaoh captured my attention right from the start and never let me go. It had everything that I would have wanted in a historical fiction book: epic battle, political intrigue, gruesome deaths and larger than life characters. Pharaoh was Homeric in every way possible.Wilbur Smith’s greatest strength is the characters that he creates. They are over-the-top and larger than life; they are characters where the heroes take center stage and everyone else is just lucky to be in the same place at the same time. It took me a while to figure out Taita. In the end, I decided that his self- important egoism was meant to act as comic relief. He is an incredible character, who not only kept me chuckling and turning the page, but he drove the story forward like a champion chariot driver.I love it when I come across authors like Wilbur Smith. Not only have I read a fabulously constructed story, but there are now so many more to add to my TBR list.* I received a copy of the book from the publisher (via Edelweiss) in exchange for an honest review.

Egito, Terra de AventuraEgito, belo Egito... terra de pirâmides, múmias, esfinges, faraós, escravos, sarcófagos, Nilo... todo ele transpira aventura.Preparem-se pois, para aterrar no Velho Egito, e assistir a traições e batalhas corpo a corpo, com muito bronze e à moda antiga!Wilbur Smith não nos deixa adormecer 😉👍👏

Loved it, all of the Ancient Egyptian serious is soooo good..What a Master Wilbur Smith is .

Pretty good again but somehow a bit different not sure if it is the ghost writing some are referring too?

This is my first novel by Wilbur smith ...I defiantly will be getting the rest . I enjoyed the historical references and characters ! Well worth the wait for the paperback

The sixth novel in Wilbur Smith’s Ancient Egypt series finds Taita, our beloved narrator and falsely modest ex-slave and long-liver, once again embroiled in political turmoil, king (pharaoh) making, war-leader activities, and overall strategic thinking and plotting. When Pharaoh Tamose is mortally wounded, his oldest son and heir, Utteric, takes his place. Unfortunately, Utteric is one weak, cruel, slimey, and pretty-much evil incarnate human being so it is not surprising that he upends everything previous pharaohs (with Taita’s firm guidance) have achieved and casts out all of his enemies. Taita flees to Crete and meets with former allies from previous books and their grown children in an effort to take back Egypt from the tyrant.I tend to agree with many reviewers that the first three novels in this series are wonderful books, (especially the first book, River God) and the rest, so far, have suffered in comparison. However, the later books in the series still have much to offer in the way of good ol’ fashioned adventure. The series has long since given up on any sort of historical reality and fully embraced the fantasy/supernatural element. In this book alone, there are interactions between humans and demi-gods, not to mention the presence of “divines”. So as long as that is the sort of story you are expecting going in, I think there is plenty to appreciate here. The characters are interesting and the prose is full and exciting and results in a page-turning read. The plot was fairly predictable however and there is very little doubt as to the eventual outcome but, nevertheless, it is fun to see how the whole thing unfolds. Some reviewers are taken aback by Taita’s false modesty and downright boasting but that is entirely consistent with the rest of the series and rings true for the character. My purpose is not to disparage others’ opinions but I have to wonder why they are still reading book six of a series if they don’t care for the main POV character. To me, it is not a negative sort of boasting at all and lends great humor to these novels. It’s sort of the main point after all: watching Taita rise from his roots as a slave to be the ultimate power behind the throne, influencing and even directing all of the major accomplishments of perhaps the greatest civilization in human history.Regardless, I do recommend readers start with the first book in the series, River God, and proceed from there.

"È questa la maledizione del vivere molto a lungo: sopravvivi a tutte le persone che ami".Una sola parola: spettacolare! Non è mai stato un mistero che questa saga è la mia preferita di Wilbur Smith (libri tutti bellissimi... tranne uno: Alle fonti del Nilo, il 4° della serie) e, visto che con questo 6° volume le vicende di Taita sembrano giunte all'epilogo finale, quasi quasi, ora che ho finito di leggerlo, mi sento come se ho appena perso qualcuno o qualcosa a cui ero affezionato.Ancora una volta, anzi per l'ennesima volta, il libro ti cattura per la bellissima trama (infarcita ben bene ed in egual misura di intrighi politici, tradimenti ed amore), per l'ottima caratterizzazione dei personaggi e per la straordinaria descrizione dei paesaggi.[http://rosatoeu.blogspot.it/2017/04/r...]

My first Wilbur Smith. Well known of course, but somehow our paths never crossed. Set in Egypt in the days of pharaohs. It is a tale well told, very atmospheric with all the elements, hate, war, love, conquest, betrayal in there. It is artfully done. My only real quirk with the book is the pompous dialogue. I don't know if this is a trait mark of Smith or just typical for the main character Taita, but, what an enormous pompous ass. Other than that, well done.

I didn't read the others in the series first but I'm not sure if it's necessary. I enjoyed this story and the ride I was taken on.

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Loved it and couldn't put it down! The way Wilbur brain still works is amazing and I hope we have another Taita book

My fascinating, exciting, emotion-churning journey with Taita has come to a close....For now! I started with book 1 and went straight through the series to this 6th and most recently written chapter within the long life of our former slave, eunuch, warlock, magus, demigod, confidant of pharaohs, Taita or TaTa to his closest favorites. I have a feeling we will see more tales from this world building genius and his remarkable talent for self-flattery. Easily a top 5 character in story-telling history for me! UPDATE 2018: Having now read all books I wanted to share some notes on the chronology of the story. Things I would have liked to know before I started. Chronological order of the series: 1. River God (Book #1). Ends and is almost immediately followed by2. Desert God (Book #5). End and is followed ~20 years later by 3. Pharaoh (Book #6). End and is followed ~60 years later by 4. Warlock (Book #3). End is followed ~40 years later by 5. The Quest (Book #4). End is followed ~3000 years later by 6. The Seventh Scroll (Book #2), which is set the 1970s. Order by my favorite:1. River God (Book #1)2. The Quest (Book #4)3. Pharaoh (Book #6)4. Warlock (Book #3)5. Desert God (Book #5)6. The Seventh Scroll (Book #2)

This book is the sixth one in Smith's Egyptian series. Queen Lostris' son, Pharaoh Tamose is mortally wounded on the battlefield after years of war with the Hyksos. His firstborn son, Utterick, becomes Pharaoh, and a period of darkness starts in Egypt despite their winning the war with the Hyksos. Utterick is a selfish, vain, cruel and weak leader. Lord Taita, an important character all through Smith's series, is first imprisoned for treason in a place where no one ever leaves, and then he is rescued by Tamose's second son Ramses. They leave for Greece where Ramses' cousins and other relatives are, and a war is planned to win Egypt back from the influence of Utterick. The story is as violent as it is humorous in parts, and enchanting. Reading this story is a good way to spend a rainy evening!

This is the first book I have read by Wilbur Smith and I can honestly say I wasn't disappointed. Pharaoh I believe is the 6th book in Wilbur Smith's Ancient Egypt Series. Fortunately you dont have to have read the previous books to enjoy this one.The characters are strong and well written the story is told through a character called Taita whom I am sad to say is the most conceited person ever. Ex slave and general of the late pharaoh Tomose. Taita is imprisoned by the new young Pharaoh Utteric on his return to Luxor after winning wars against the enemies of Egypt. This is a high adventure never a dull moment rich and compelling read. A tale of intrigue exile love and deception.

Another good continuation of the River God series by Smith. Make sure you start with the first book and read through to this one.