Review: I was transported!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 30, 2011
Ms. Atkinson's skill lies in transporting the reader to another world -- in this case, the colorful, vibrant, brutal world of Ancient Egypt.  Her characters live and breathe, especially the young scribe and painter Sentu, and the vicious, scheming High Priest Hozat.  While we are reading, we live in their world.I was also impressed with the level of her scholarship about this culture -- everything about the story rang true, and her use of the Egyptian names for colors, rituals, social classes -- all of it made the story that much richer.All in all, a wonderful read from an author I will be eager to read again!