London's Curse: Murder, Black Magic and Tutankhamun in the 1920s West End

by Mark Beynon

Book Overview

The first book to examine the bizarre sequence of deaths--all attributed to the "Curse of Tutankhamun"--that occurred in London's 1920s West End
Throughout the 1920 and 1930s, London was gripped by the supposed curse of Tutankhamun, the Egyptian boy-king of antiquity, whose tomb was uncovered in 1923. Over the next few years more than 20 of those involved in the tomb's exhumation perished in strange, often terrifying circumstances, prompting...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0752463128
• ISBN13: 9780752463124
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"