New Novel Features Tut Excavation

Описание: “Kirkpatrick tells the grandest archaeological story: the discovery of King Tutankhamun’s tomb. She perfectly conveys the thrill of the chase and its tumultuous aftermath while immersing us in Egypt’s rich and mysterious culture.”
—John Van Auken, author of Ancient Egyptian Visions of Our Soul Life and Director of Archaeological Research at the Association for Research and Enlightenment (A.R.E.)

From acclaimed author Katherine Kirkpatrick comes the thrilling story of the real-life residents of Highclere Castle, the manor made famous in the “Downton Abbey” television series and films. To Chase the Glowing Hours follows Lady Eve, the twenty-one-year-old daughter of eccentric Egyptologist Lord Carnarvon, from her opulent home in the English countryside to the Valley of the Kings. There, she hopes to realize her father’s dream of finding an intact royal tomb, that of King Tutankhamun. Bankrupted by the Great War and two decades of fruitless archaeological digs, Eve’s family seems poised to garner the riches they need to hold on to their ancestral estate.

Swept up in the romance of their adventure, Eve believes she’s found love in the brilliant but temperamental Howard Carter, the archaeologist employed by her father. In the Valley’s underground, Eve and Carter share a breathtaking moment as they peer through a hole in an ancient wall and discover the lavish riches of King Tut’s golden treasure.

Soon, word of the treasure gets out. Eve and Carter must combat peasant laborers, reporters, mobs of tourists, and Egyptian nationalists who lobby for policies to prevent newly discovered antiquities from leaving Egypt. When her father becomes mortally ill, Eve becomes a key player in the unfolding drama, determining whether her family will be allotted a share of the Tutankhamun treasure. As she struggles to save Highclere, she must also come to terms with her feelings for Carter and a suitor from her own class.

In this coming-of-age story, Eve transforms from a naïve, romantic girl accustomed to an easy, luxurious life to a mature young woman who realizes the world is not her playground. To Chase the Glowing Hours is an adventure story of dazzling riches emerging from the darkness and a panoramic journey of love, greed, loss, death, and self-discovery.

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