The collector's daughter a novel of the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb
Lady Evelyn Herbert was the daughter of the Earl of Carnarvon, brought up in stunning Highclere Castle. Popular and pretty, she seemed destined for a prestigious marriage, but she had other ideas. Instead, she left behind the world of society balls and chaperones to travel to the Egyptian desert, wh...
| Main Author: | Paul, Gill, 1960- |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
William Morrow & Company,
2021.
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| Summary: |
Lady Evelyn Herbert was the daughter of the Earl of Carnarvon, brought up in stunning Highclere Castle. Popular and pretty, she seemed destined for a prestigious marriage, but she had other ideas. Instead, she left behind the world of society balls and chaperones to travel to the Egyptian desert, where she hoped to become a lady archaeologist, working alongside her father and Howard Carter in the hunt for an undisturbed tomb. In November 1922, their dreams came true when they discovered the burial place of Tutankhamun, packed full of gold and unimaginable riches, and she was the first person to crawl inside for three thousand years. She called it the "greatest moment" of her life--but soon afterwards everything changed, with a string of tragedies that left her world a darker, sadder place. Newspapers claimed it was "the curse of Tutankhamun," but Howard Carter said no rational person would entertain such nonsense. Yet fifty years later, when an Egyptian academic came asking questions about what really happened in the tomb, it unleashed a new chain of events that seemed to threaten the happiness Eve had finally found. |
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| Physical Description: |
357 pages |
| ISBN: |
9780063079861 0063079860 |
| Author Notes: |
Gill Paul is an historical fiction author who enjoys specialising in recent history. Her novel, The Secret Wife, is about the romance between cavalry officer Dmitri Malama and Grand Duchess Tatiana, the second daughter of Russia¿s last tsar, who first met in 1914. It¿s also about a young woman in 2016 deciding whether to forgive her husband after an infidelity. Her other novels include: Women and Children First, The Affair, and No Place for a Lady. Gill also authors historical non-fiction, These titles include: A History of Medicine in 50 Objects, and a sereis of Love Stories, each containing fourteen stories of real-life couples: how they met and why they fell in love. This series includes Royal Love Stories, World War I Love Stories and Titanic Love Stories. Gill Paul was born and raised in Glasbow. She studied medicine, English and History at Glasgow University. She soon moved to London to work in publishing. She founded her own company turning out books for publishers and editing such works as Griff Ryhs Jones, John Suchet, and Ray Mears. She also writes on health and nutrition. (Bowker Author Biography) |