The Queen of Death

Salahadin El Nur #2

by John Milne (Editor)

Milne, John

Genres: School

80 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1979

About the author

John Milne was born in London in 1952. His many TV screenwriting credits include: Bergerac, East Enders, Lovejoy, The Bill, Boon, Taggart, Wycliffe and Silent Witness (for which he won an Edgar). He lives in Essex.

Series:
* Jimmy Jenner

Reviews

[ناني ماكفي لا أملك حساب ثاني]

لطالما قرأنا للعمة أغاثا و للعم آرثور كونان دويل وغيرهم لكن هل سمعنا عن بطل هاته الرواية ؟!!! لا
جون ميلن إختار ابطاله عربا وتحديدا مصريين
كنت استمع لرواية ورغم بساطة الحبكة والاحداث وتوقعها لكن شدني أن يختار كاتب من الغرب ابطالا عربا
إختار لهم إسم صلاح الدين وهو ظابط شرطة ومساعدته ليلى
إكتشاف قبر فرعوني ومجموعة تنوي سرقته فالظابط صلاح الدين منع ذلك
الحبكة مكررة والأمر بسيط لأنها فعلا وردت كل عشر سنوات فيلما أو قصة 😝
لكن هاته القصة من الاوائل التي كتبت عن مصر والأهرامات ولعنة الفراعنة وسرقة الآثار لذا يمكن ان نقول انها من اجداد المكرر وليس المكرر في حد ذاته 😅
الحبكة بسييييطة وخفيفة ومتوقعة
وكما قلت هي البدايات لهذا النوع لذا لم تكن حينها مستهلكة وربما كانت تشد القارئ حينها
مع هذا ايظا هي ليست مملة فانت لن تنتبه لما سيقع ومن الفاعل و غيره فكله مكشوف
أنت فقط ستركز على الحدث و ماذا يحدث وكيف تتم معالجة الامور
4نجمات لكي أشجع الأبطال العرب والإخوة المصريين
فليس كل يوم أقرأ أو استمع لكاتب غربي يحترم العربي ويدمجه في حبكته بطلا وليس إرهابيا

P.s note
أحيانا وأنت بالمدينة العتيقة تتجول تجد دكاكين بمنتهى الجمال
صحيح تبهرنا الماركات وتبهرنا الأسماء الضخمة للبراندات التجارية وأناقة الموجود فيها لكن إزاء الدكاكين الصغيرة الجميلة المصنوعة بحب واهتمام وفرح تسقط أي ماركة
هذا فعلا ما يحدث مع هذا النوع من القصص
تريندات الكتاب اليوم .. والاسماء المعوجة والعناوين الغبية والركض خلف الزغاريد وهي أكثر من الوليمة
لتفاجئ بأن الكتاب زيطة وزمبليطة بالفارغ
الزغاريد أكثر من الكسكسي
الجنازة حامية والميت فأر
حل الصرة تجد خيط...
هنا وجدت دكانا قديما تائها في أزقة اليوتيوب
وفوجئت ببضاعة نادرة حقا
تلك الروايات التي اكل الفار من غلافها وتمشت الخنفساء فوق أوراقها الصفراء وتلونت بلون الغبار تلك روايات أجد فيها مبتغاي
وبلا تريندات فارغة وعناوين خنفشارية رنانة زائفة

[Mark]

I read this mystery novel in Bahasa Indonesia paperback edition which was published for the first time in the early 1980s. To tell you the truth, I was confused the first time reading it.

There was this Dr. John Farrow, an archaeologist who claimed he knew where is the exact location of the secret tomb of Queen Axtarte. He then came to Egypt, then went missing mysteriously. So when Inspector Salahadin El Nur, a top policeman in Cairo, heard about this incident, he set goals to disclose the real truth about the curse of Queen Axtarte, and to find Dr. John Farrow whereabout.

The Queen of Death> has a grippling story with classic detective plot, which can be easily adapted into a feature film. Its only problem was that readers can guess how it would end: Hollywood style.

[Namiko]

I'm interested in the idea how the Queen would curse smugglers.

[Basmala Refaat]

The novel is extraordinary. First of all, it's fictional, not real. An Egyptian queen of ancient Egypt who seeks for keeping her tomb safe from tomb thieves. Unlike most Egyptian rulers at that time, she made her tomb 35 km in the east. She killed the people who made her tomb, to keep it secret. It's a tradition in Egypt that when someone dies, people eat in his house. This queen made her maids poison the food at her funeral. Going 35 km and returning 35 km made the people who delivered her tomb exhausted. They ate the poisoned food, and died soon, except for two persons. The two didn't eat heavily like the others, they died three days later, but one of them could write what happened on a pillar.

As Egypt is a land with much resources, and known for its special position between the three main continents, Asia, Africa, and Europe, many countries tries to invade it and steel its resources and smuggle its treasures and antiquities. The UK stole the pillar that tells where the queen's tomb is. Dr. John Farrow found out where the tomb is. He wrote about it in 2 books. One of them was bought by Salah El-deen El-nour, an Egyptian officer, who tried to stop smuggling the queen's antiquities and valuable things from 2 kind of people. The other book was bought by another one you're going to know about when you read.

You can finish it in a short time, it's full of suspense, that you can hardly leave the book for 5 minutes.

[Mostafa Ibrahim]

Nice ,simple and interesting.

[Bigiskieng Biantifado]

Very interesting

[Claudia Llum]

Lo leí para el colegió, sin embargo me gusto mucho, siempre me parece muy interesante la historia egipcia.

[Medhat Nabil]

it is GOOD STORY

[mara !]

lectura de clase pq sino no leo nada

[Mayumi Inoko]

I am on page 38(Curentlly reading)

-Macmillan, Macmillan Readers, Intermediate
-Time 5/5=22min. 5/6=63min.
-7 word summary; inspector - Ezipt - Mr.Farrow - clues - gang - desert -Queen Axtarte
-Have you ever bought a book that you did not plan to buy?
Yes, I often buy books when I think it is useful or interesting. Especially, many of them are fashion magazines or trendy books.
-Umm. I usually read Who was...?series and I accustomed myself to them. Therefore, it was difficult to read this series like mystery or adventure. However it was fun to read this book because I am curious about the end.

I finished reading this book.

-Time 5/8=20min. 5/9=29min.
-7 word summary; investigation- servant - tomb - poison - lie - survive - sealed
-Have you ever experienced that you got in a trouble like sweating with fear?
Not so big trouble, but when I was paddling a bycicle, a car appeared suddenly in front of me then I almost bumpped against it. After that, I have tried making sure that the road is safe or not.
-Yes, I finally liked this story because it ended happily, but I wanted more something to surprise me.

[Marko]

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[Sumaiya Al-kindi]

I liked the Queen's curse:

" I am Queen Axtarte - Queen of Queens. I shall live forever. These are my words: anyone who enters my tomb - anyone who touches my body - that person will die - that person will die a terrible death. And many more shall die with him."
It is awesome , just imagine it with echo.
It is generally a good story , you can read it while waiting for something.

[Lara Prado]

para ser un libro para inglés del colegio ni estuvo mal, no ganaría ningún premio y dudo que lo recuerde en un futuro, pero tuvo una historia lo suficientemente interesante y diferente a otros policiales

[Ahmed]

it is more interset

[Jenna]

I read this so I could help my son with his book test. This was an age appropriate read, good for beginners, with not to may difficult words. Story is easy to follow.

[Micaela]

La historia no estuvo mal por haber sido un libro asignado por el colegio para inglés, pero definitivamente el final no es algo memorable, podría haber sido mejor.

[Wirotomo Nofamilyname]

Buku ke-38 yang selesai dibaca pada tahun 2015.

[Karolina Carchi]

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