K'tonton's Sukkot Adventure Book

But for the chapter devoted to Noot's tale, Wisdom's Daughter is a tedious failure, a product of an author in clear decline. It is a repetitive sermon that pretends profundity yet gives up only endless cliches on the pain of immortality and the weathering of nature upon men's souls. A pity, because earlier volumes in this series actually provoked a lively interest in new ways of approaching life's mysteries, many evolving from, it seems, theosophic ideas.

Here, however, ideas languish until mercifully the book ends. It is worth saying that Haggard apparently had more than a passing acquaintance with the ancient history of Egypt, Persia, and the Middle East. His historical characters, although the details of their lives might be stretched and altered somewhat, seem true to the actual record. Mentor, Bagoas, Artaxerxes III, and Nectanabo all come to life as their histories indicate they should. The intrigue, the battles, the conflict, all accurate to a degree.