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The collector's daughter : a novel of the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb / Gill Paul.

Paul, Gill, 1960- (author.).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780063117914
  • ISBN: 0063117916
  • Physical Description: 470 pages (large print) ; 21 cm
  • Edition: First Harper Large Print edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]
Subject: Beauchamp, Evelyn, 1901-1980 > Fiction.
Carnarvon, George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, Earl of, 1866-1923 > Fiction.
Archaeologists > Egypt > Fiction.
Women archaeologists > Fiction.
Tutankhamen, King of Egypt > Tomb > Fiction.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Egypt > Valley of the Kings > Fiction.
Blessing and cursing > Fiction.
Fathers and daughters > Fiction.
Blessing and cursing > Drama.
Large type books.
Genre: Historical fiction.
Biographical fiction.

Available copies

  • 6 of 6 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

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  • 0 current holds with 6 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Albright Memorial Library LARGE TYPE PAUL (Text) 50686016092236 Adult Fiction Available -
Exeter Community Library PAU (Text) 33249024806931 Large Print Fiction Available -
Huntingdon County Library LPF PAU (Text) 30298100592413 Large Print Fiction Available -
Littlestown Library LP FIC PAUL GILL (Text) 35740635772379 Large Print Fiction Available -
RPL - Senior Outreach LP Fiction Paul (Text) 33223008714189 Large Print Fiction Available -
Tamaqua Public Library PB LT PAU (Text) 30TPL001893781 Large Type Available -


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