The Year of the Cobra (edition 2006)

by Paul Doherty

Series: Egyptian Pharaoh Trilogy (3)

Members	Reviews	Popularity	Average rating	Mentions
46	None	550,626	(4.5)	3
At the end of THE SEASON OF THE HYAENA, the previous book in this trilogy, Mahu had just been recalled to court because the young Pharaoh, Tutankhamun, was suffering from a serious mental illness. THE YEAR OF THE COBRA now resumes Mahu's tale: Tutankhamun is unwell, but there is no heir apparent. Egypt's enemies, the Hittites, are advancing through Canaan, and Ay - First Minister of Akenhaten, father of Nefertiti, brother of Queen Tiye - still plots, like the spider he is. The web is woven, the traps set...… (more)

▾Book information

Member:	FicusFan
Title:	The Year of the Cobra
Authors:	Paul Doherty
Info:	Headline Book Publishing Ltd (2006), Paperback
Collections:	Your library, To read
Rating:
Tags:	fiction, historical, ancient history, Egypt, mystery, thriller, 18th dynasty, Akhenaten, Tutankhamun, Mahu series, UK, TBR

Work Information

The Year of the Cobra by Paul Doherty

all members

▾Members

Recently added by

giy, GreekYarn, Chitara, Maddieanne, Michmars, Woolston, paswanson

▾Tags

14th century BC (1) 18th Dynasty (2) 3rd (1) Ailsa (1) Akenaton (1) Akhenaten (3) Ancient Egypt (7) Ancient Egyptian Crime Fiction (1) crime (2) Crime & Mystery Fiction (1) crime and mystery (2) detective (1) Egypt (6) egyptian crime (1) F (1) F09 (1) fiction (7) historical (4) historical fiction (7) history (1) hv2008 (1) Loft10 (1) Mahu series (1) mystery (4) November 2009 (1) Series: Pharaoh Trilogy (1) thriller (1) to-read (2) Tutankhamun (3) UK (1)

▾LibraryThing Recommendations

▾Lists

None

▾Will you like it?

▾Conversations (About links)

No current Talk conversations about this book.

» See also 3 mentions

▾Member reviews

No reviews

▾Published reviews

no reviews | add a review

▾Other authors

» Add other authors (2 possible)

▾Series and work relationships

Belongs to Series

Egyptian Pharaoh Trilogy (3)

▾Awards and Honors

view history

▾Common Knowledge

You must log in to edit Common Knowledge data.

For more help see the Common Knowledge help page.

Canonical title

The Year of the Cobra

Original title

Alternative titles

Original publication date

People/Characters

Important places

Important events

Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt

Amarna Period

Related movies

Epigraph

Aakhu-t: the fiery cobra on Pharaoh's crown

Dedication

In memory of Caroline Mary Fox, a remarkable and gifted woman, who died on 18 April 2004

First words

She who lights the fire to stir the embers with sharp flames, quick in killing without hesitation.

Quotations

Last words

(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)

Disambiguation notice

Publisher's editors

Blurbers

Original language

Canonical DDC/MDS

Canonical LCC

▾References

References to this work on external resources.

Wikipedia in English

None

▾Book descriptions

At the end of THE SEASON OF THE HYAENA, the previous book in this trilogy, Mahu had just been recalled to court because the young Pharaoh, Tutankhamun, was suffering from a serious mental illness. THE YEAR OF THE COBRA now resumes Mahu's tale: Tutankhamun is unwell, but there is no heir apparent. Egypt's enemies, the Hittites, are advancing through Canaan, and Ay - First Minister of Akenhaten, father of Nefertiti, brother of Queen Tiye - still plots, like the spider he is. The web is woven, the traps set...

▾Library descriptions

No library descriptions found.

▾LibraryThing members' description

Book description

Haiku summary