The Valley of the Kings

by Cecelia Holland

Book Overview

Cecelia Holland has written an extraordinary novel that ranges between two eras thousands of years apart and between two cultures as different as can be imagined, yet with striking similarities.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312868626
• ISBN13: 9780312868628
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: Forge
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Valley of the Kings: A Novel of Tutankhamun

I thoroughly enjoyed this book and chose it to review for my "Lost Civilizations" class. The characters in this book are largely based on their "true life" counterparts and if some people think that makes for dull reading then so be it. I was engaged through the entire text and found Ms Holland's interpretations of the Pharaoh's life to be very enlightening and interesting. Something obviously happened to this young man for him to die so young and the very idea that his wife murdered him added depth and intrigue to a very shaded and long-ago time. Her characterization of Howard Carter, the man who devoted his life to digging in the desert, is very straightforward and very much as my professor told the story in his lectures. Frankly, I recommend this book to anyone who has an interest in King Tut, Egyptology, and the Valley of the Kings. If you don't have an interest, or want to know then leave it on the shelf, otherwise it's a story that you won't be able to put down.