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Valley of the Kings
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In ancient times, a boy king occupied the throne in a troubled desert land. His name was Tutankhamun. Both his reign and his life were shockingly brief, and his burial place was unknown—mysteries that would intrigue the inquisitive for centuries to come.
An English archaeologist irresistibly drawn to Egypt and her secrets, Howard Carter arrives in the Middle East in the second decade of the twentieth century to uncover the hidden final resting place of the tragic child pharaoh. But from the outset his search is plagued by misfortune and obstruction—a corrupt and unbending Egyptian bureaucracy, a British lord and patron more interested in profit than in knowledge, and Carter's own inability to connect with his fellow human beings. Still, he will not be deterred from his obsessive hunt for the answer to one of the most astonishing puzzles in the history of the world.
In her magnificent novel
, Cecelia Holland has created two worlds, brilliantly re-creating Egypt in the 1920s and in the time of Tutankhamun. A stunning tale of determination and discovery, brimming with color, mystery, and life, it confirms her standing as one of the true masters of historical fiction.
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“Because I’m obsessed with ancient Egypt, I spotted this title on Amazon. The author has written an impressive 21 previous titles. I expected an overview historical fiction story, with a plot probably centered on a missing codex, or a newly discovered ancient manuscript. But, what I got was a detailed look at how Howard Carter and how he discovered Tut. Not paper characters amidst the backdrop of the 1920s-30s, no, the author puts the reader in the first person, to allow us the rare opportunity to view the dig through the eyes of Carter himself. This is a daring move, on the author’s part: everything Carter sees or does must be attributable to him, historically. The factual approach, like the road not taken, gives us clues: what does an archeologist do when faced with a treasure buried in the sand? How did Carnarvon really die? These and a stockpile of eyebrow raisers are here, nicely contained in this true story, handed to historical fiction. And, after all the author’s experience, we are in good, solid hands!”
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About Cecelia Holland
CECELIA HOLLAND is widely acknowledged as one of the finest historical novelists of our time. She is the author of more than thirty novels, including
and
. Holland lives in Humboldt County, in Northern California, where she teaches creative writing.
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