Questo autore ha affascinato i lettori con i suoi romanzi avvincenti, ambientati principalmente in Egitto e profondamente radicati nei suoi anni di esperienza come archeologo sul campo. La sua esperienza diretta, incluso il lavoro sul Progetto delle Tombe Reali di Amarna, ha infuso nelle sue narrazioni un'autenticità e una profondità ineguagliabili. Attraverso una narrazione avvincente e dettagli meticolosi, porta alla luce i misteri del passato, offrendo ai lettori uno sguardo affascinante sulla storia. La sua capacità di intrecciare scoperte archeologiche in trame avvincenti ha consolidato la sua reputazione di voce distintiva.
The bestselling, pulse-pounding archaeological thriller that's a must-read for all fans of Dan Brown and Clive Cussler.Although struggling with personal tragedy and immersed in a case of his own - mysterious well poisonings in the Eastern Desert - Khalifa agrees to do some digging.
âe~My name is Raphael Ignatius Phoenix and I am a hundred years old âe" or will be in ten daysâe(tm) time, in the early hours of January 1st, 2000, when I kill myselfâe¦âe(tm) Raphael Ignatius Phoenix has had enough. Born at the beginning of the 20th century, he is determined to take his own life as the old millennium ends and the new one begins. But before he ends it all, he wants to get his affairs in order and put the record straight. That includes making sense of his own long life âe" a life that spanned the century. He decides to write it all down and, eschewing the more usual method of pen and paper, begins to record his story on the walls of the isolated castle that is his final home. Beginning with a fateful first adventure with Emily, the childhood friend who would become his constant companion, Raphael remembers the multitude of experiences, the myriad encounters and, of course, the ten murders he committed along the way . . . And so begins one manâe(tm)s wholly unorthodox account of the twentieth century âe" or certainly his own riotous, often outrageous, somewhat unreliable and undoubtedly singular interpretation of it.
From ancient Jerusalem, the Crusades, Cathar heretics and coded medieval manuscripts to the Holocaust, hidden Nazi treasure and the murdering present-day, this story is a thrilling rollercoaster ride of an adventure.
Egypt 2153 BC Eighty priests set out under cover of darkness into the western desert, taking with them a mysterious object swathed in cloth. Three unconnected events Or so it seems until Freya Hannen arrives in Egypt for the funeral of her sister, a desert explorer who has inexplicably taken her own life...
It is a path that will eventually lead them into the forbidding, barren heart of the western desert, and the answer to one of the greatest mysteries of the ancient world .
'My name is Raphael Ignatius Phoenix and I am a hundred years old - or will be in ten days' time, in the early hours of January 1st, 2000, when I kill myself.'Raphael Ignatius Phoenix has had enough. Born at the beginning of the 20th century, he is determined to take his own life as the old millennium ends and the new one begins. But before he ends it all, he wants to get his affairs in order and put the record straight, and that includes making sense of his own long life - a life that spanned the century. He decides to write it all down and, eschewing the more usual method of pen and paper, begins to record his story on the walls of the isolated castle that is his final home. Beginning with a fateful first adventure with Emily, the childhood friend who would become his constant companion, Raphael remembers the multitude of experiences, the myriad encounters and, of course, the ten murders he committed along the way . . .And so begins one man's wholly unorthodox account of the twentieth century - or certainly his own riotous, often outrageous, somewhat unreliable and undoubtedly singular interpretation of it.
Eine Sammlung bizarrer Mißgeschicke, die oft mit dem Leben enden. Paul Sussman präsentiert unglaubliche, aber wahre Geschichten aus der Weltpresse und zeigt, dass das Leben das größte Narrentheater ist.
Jsme ve starém Egyptě, dva tisíce let před naším letopočtem, kdy skupina kněží putuje pouští, aby ukryla mocný posvátný předmět. Po staletích, v roce 1988, se letadlo s podivným nákladem zřítí nad egyptskou pouští a zmizí. Freya Hannenová, mladá horolezkyně, přijíždí do Egypta na pohřeb sestry, která nečekaně zemřela při výzkumu v oáze Dachla. Brzy zjistí, že situace není tak nevinná, jak se zdá. Po sérii záhadných událostí se stává terčem zločinné skupiny, která se ji pokusí zavraždit. Na útěku se dostává do Káhiry, kde hledá pomoc u profesora Flina Brodieho, s nímž se seznámila na pohřbu. Rodinná tragédie se mění v zběsilý úprk a honbu za pokladem. Existuje Vehat seštat, Skrytá oáza, nebo je to jen legenda? Jaké jsou podivné náznaky o jejím tajemství a proč jsou někteří ochotni vraždit? Kdo je přítel a kdo nepřítel? Co se skrývá v srdci pouště a co se stane, až to naleznou? Rychle se střídající kulisy chrámů, současné Káhiry a písečné pustiny s egyptology, kočovníky a kriminálními živly udržují čtenáře v napětí a pohánějí příběh vpřed.
In „Das letzte Geständnis des Raphael Ignatius Phoenix“ erzählt Paul Sussman mit schwarzem Humor die Lebensgeschichte eines skurrilen alten Mannes, der an seinem 100. Geburtstag Selbstmord plant. Dazu verfasst er einen langen Abschiedsbrief, in dem er zehn Morde gesteht, die auf amüsante Weise geschehen sind.