Egypt and Terrorism: A Setting in Salisbury Plot
And today we wake up and find out that there was an attack on the Coptic Pope and Coptic Christians on Palm Sunday in Egypt and that the Roman Pope is supposed to visit there. It reminds me that there used to be a time long, long ago when Egypt was in the forefront of civilization. Back in the ancient world it was the breadbasket of the world supplying grains and crops to Rome and Greece. Back then the Hellenistic Greeks ran the country through the Ptolemy dynasty especially Cleopatra. The library of Alexandria was the standard for the world. Alexandria was full of scholars and writers. Even the New Testament was written in Greek in Alexandria. Then came the Arabs and the place has never been the same since. At least under the British Empire it was peaceful. Dora and Edward in the Edward Ware Thrillers at War Series were able to live in a house on Geizira Island in Cairo and not be disturbed by the population there while Edward worked at British Mid-East Headquarters. The locals in those days weren’t allowed on Geizira except as servants. Only other Europeans such as Rommel caused a flap and made the British think of deserting — not Arab terrorists. The scene of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Nile, now Egypt has fallen so low that even cruise ships won’t dock there anymore. QM2 used to but now they just sail past.
Several Edward Ware Thrillers at War novels take place in Egypt. Captive at the Berghof is partially set at British Mid-East Headquarters. Even Key to Lawrence Special Edition mentions it in letters from Edward and his family. The novel that features the Egyptian setting the most is the upcoming Salisbury Plot, the second volume of the series. It is to be published by Cheops Books LLC on May 1. It is now available for pre-order on Amazon.com.
