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Originally Posted by mbovenka
+1 for Wilbur Smith. There are few that do sweeping historical epics as well as he does (James Michener comes to mind, but I don't think he did anything based in ancient Egypt).
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A warning: the first two novels in Wilbur Smith's "Egypt" series: "River God" and "The Seventh Scroll", are excellent. Many years later he wrote three more: "Warlock", "The Quest", and "Desert God". These are simply dreadful, and should be avoided at all costs.
Another excellent one is Agatha Christie's "Death Comes As the End", a detective novel set in Ancient Egypt. This is very good indeed.