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3.5
Daughter of Egypt
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From New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Marie Benedict comes an extraordinary story of the woman who helped uncover Tutankhamun's tomb and the mystery behind Egypt’s first woman Pharaoh.From New York TimesNew York Times and USA TodayUSA Today bestselling author Marie Benedict comes an extraordinary story of the woman who helped uncover Tutankhamun's tomb and the mystery behind Egypt’s first woman Pharaoh.
1920’s London was enthralled by the discovery of the treasure-filled tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun. Filled with priceless statues, jewels, and the gold-encased mummy of the boy Pharaoh himself, the burial site unleashed a fascination with the ancient world and revolutionized the world of archeology.
The discovery was made by Lord Carnarvon of Highclere Castle and his associate, famed archeologist Howard Carter. What no one knows is that without the pioneering spirit of Lady Evelyn Herbert, Carnarvon’s daughter, the tomb might never have been found. As a young woman, Evelyn was fascinated by the story of Hatshepsut, a woman who had to assume the guise of a man in order to rule Egypt. Although she brought peace and prosperity to Egypt, her male successors ruthlessly and thoroughly erased her name from history.
Lady Evelyn’s ambition to find the tomb of Egypt’s first woman ruler exposes her to life-threatening danger and pits her against archeologists who refuse to believe the tomb can be found―and certainly not by a woman. Refusing to give up, Evelyn is on the verge of success when she is suddenly forced to make an agonizing choice between loyalty to her beloved father and Carter and realizing the dream of a lifetime.
1920’s London was enthralled by the discovery of the treasure-filled tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun. Filled with priceless statues, jewels, and the gold-encased mummy of the boy Pharaoh himself, the burial site unleashed a fascination with the ancient world and revolutionized the world of archeology.
The discovery was made by Lord Carnarvon of Highclere Castle and his associate, famed archeologist Howard Carter. What no one knows is that without the pioneering spirit of Lady Evelyn Herbert, Carnarvon’s daughter, the tomb might never have been found. As a young woman, Evelyn was fascinated by the story of Hatshepsut, a woman who had to assume the guise of a man in order to rule Egypt. Although she brought peace and prosperity to Egypt, her male successors ruthlessly and thoroughly erased her name from history.
Lady Evelyn’s ambition to find the tomb of Egypt’s first woman ruler exposes her to life-threatening danger and pits her against archeologists who refuse to believe the tomb can be found―and certainly not by a woman. Refusing to give up, Evelyn is on the verge of success when she is suddenly forced to make an agonizing choice between loyalty to her beloved father and Carter and realizing the dream of a lifetime.
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3.5
““… does this impact change how I feel about the nationalists’ position on ownership and control of Tutankhamen’s tomb? It’s all well and good to be righteous if it doesn’t affect me.”
This book does what I wish Fiona Davis’s The Stolen Queen had done - takes a nuanced stance on ownership of Egyptian antiquities. Where that book waffled, this one makes a decision. Albeit one that I’m not sure the real life counterpart to the novel’s protagonist would have agreed with - A more modern take formulated by the author allowing her to converse with and appreciate the Egyptian people.
This book is a dual-POV with Lady Evelyn Herbert and Hatshepsut at the helm. Be advised, though, that the length between the two POVs is sometimes quite long. No alternating chapters here - sometimes you go almost 100 pages without seeing the other protagonist.
While the book does make some commentary about imperialism, there is noticeably little about class. While Porchey, Eve’s brother, does marry a lower class woman which shakes the financial station of the family, they don’t sit with thoughts of the lower class people of Egypt the way they sit with the dealing of artifacts. More time is spent on that, but I feel the people themselves deserved a little more.
While making it Eve’s quest to find Hatshepsut’s tomb lends some motion to the plot, it does make her a little cloying. They find an undiscovered tomb, and she’s mostly just disappointed it’s not Hatshepsut. I feel ancient Egypt is a case in which you can have a fave pharaoh, but with the knowledge of the tedium of finding tombs, I think she could be a little more chill about finding anything at all.
Overall I enjoyed it, but I’d have preferred I think either full Lady Evelyn book or Hatshepsut book as it sometimes felt a little disjointed.”
“This was very surface level, but I did enjoy the history of a female pharoah. It was an easy read, but informative. It definitely had me doing my own research.”
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