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Informationen zum Autor Wilbur Smith was born in Central Africa in 1933. He was educated at Michaelhouse and Rhodes University. He became a full-time writer in 1964 after the successful publication of When the Lion Feeds ! and has since written over thirty novels! all meticulously researched on his numerous expeditions worldwide. In addition to his Egyptian novels! River God! The Seventh Scroll! Warlock and The Quest ! his other titles include the successful The Courtneys and The Ballantynes series! Those in Peril and Vicious Circle ! featuring security operative Hector Cross! and The Sunbird . His books are now translated into twenty-six languages. A tale of murder, revenge and the hidden secrets of the Pharaohs from the master storyteller, Wilbur Smith Zusammenfassung Two archaeologists find themselves in a desperate race for ancient treasure in Wilbur Smith's fascinating tale of Egypt! The Seventh Scroll ! read by actor James Fox. Duraid Ai Simmu and his beautiful wife Royan were the first to discover the tomb of Queen Lostris and with it the scrolls in which was recorded the burial of Pharaoh Mamose with all his vast treasure But as their present-day search for the treasure moves from the Nile to the uplands of Ethiopia a savage battle begins. For others will stop at nothing to claim the prize as their own. When Duraid is brutally murdered Royan seeks refuge in England with eminent archaeologist Nicholas Quenton-Harper. With him she can find the courage to unlock the dreams of an ancient Pharaoh. 'Wilbur Smith is one of those benchmarks against whom others are compared' The Times
