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King Tut Stars
Page Modified: April 5, 2008
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Fiction
- Valley of the Kings: A Novel of Tutankhamun
Author: Holland, Cecilia
Publisher: Forge $ 21.95 ISBN: 0312863349 Date: 1997
America's premier historical novelist tells the story of intrepid Howard Carter as he struggles against the rigors of the desert and the intransigence of Egypt's Department of Antiquities to search in the Valley of the Kings for a hidden tomb.
Updated 10.25.05 - The Tutankamen Affair
Author: Jacq, Christian
Publisher: Simon & Schuster $ 7.95 ISBN: 0671028553 Date: 2003
At the beginning of the 20th century, a young unknown pharoah remained, beneath his golden mask, in the darkness of a tomb deep in the Valley of the Kings. His name was Tutankhamun. He had lain undisturbed for a thousand years until two men, Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon discovered the tomb and wrested him from obscurity in an attempt to solve his riddle. Jealousy, betrayal, intrigue and madness: the Tutankhamun Affair was about to begin. Christian Jacq tells the incredible true story of the strange curse of Tutankhamun which was to cause havoc among its unfortunate victims for the next half-century.- Publisher Marketing.
Updated 10.24.05 - Murder in the Place of Anubis
Author: Robinson, Lynda S.
Publisher: Walker $ 18.95 ISBN: 0802732496 Date: 1994
PW
Who has dared to desecrate the sacred place of embalming with a murdered corpse? Pharaoh Tutankhamun orders Lord Meren, his chief investigator, to find out quickly, before power-mad priests use the incident to undermine his royal authority.
Updated 10.24.05 - Murder at the God's Gate: Lord Meren
Author: Robinson, Lynda S.
Publisher: $ ISBN: 0802731988 Date: 1995
PW
In year five of his reign, fourteen-year-old Pharaoh Tutankhamun is beset by problems: The Hittites are encroaching, and several of Egypt's vassal states have fallen because of the neglect of his late brother, the heretic Akhenaten. The priests of Amun, whose power rivals that of the pharaoh, are bitter, filled with resentment against the young king whose dead brother tried to destroy them. For Lord Meren, the pharaoh's confidential inquiry agent, the unrest and whispering are clear threats to Tutankhamun's life. When Meren's spy at the temple at Thebes dies in a spectacular accident, the threat takes on new force. While Meren's son, Kysen, leads the temple investigation, the Eyes and Ears of Pharaoh embarks on a dangerous enterprise, not only challenging the priests but protecting Tutankhamun from the traitors scheming within the walls of his own court. - Publishers Marketing.
Updated 10.24.05 - Murder at the Feast of Rejoycing: Lord Meren
Author: Robinson, Lynda S.
Publisher: Walker $ 20.95 ISBN: 0802732747 Date: 1996
PW
In this marvelous new adventure, Lord Meren struggles not only with a country house murder but also with a court matter. Merren's adopted son's life is in danger, as he attempts to protect the remains and equipage of the Pharoah Tutankhamun and his ancestors.
Updated 10.24.05 - Eater of Souls: A Lord Meren Mystery
Author: Robinson, Lynda S.
Publisher: Walker List Price: $21.95 ISBN: 0802732941 Date: 1997
PW
Kirkus
King Tut's Egypt is alive and deadly in this new Lord Meren mystery. The first in a triology that will center on Meren's investigation into the death of Queen Nefertiti, Eater of Souls is a dramatic murder mystery that opens a window onto ancient Egypt in a way that only a skilled novelist and consummate storyteller can accomplish. - Drinker of Blood
Author: Robinson, Lynda S.
Publisher: List Price: $ ISBN: Date: 1998
Booklist
The highly celebrated Lord Meren mystery series featuring historical intrigue during the reign of Pharaoh Tutankhamen continues with the investigation of the murder of Queen Nefertiti. - Slayer of Gods
Author: Robinson, Lynda S.
Publisher: Mysterious $ 23.95 ISBN: 0892967056 Date: 2001
Booklist
In the sixth novel of the celebrated series set during the reign of Pharaoh Tutankhamen, Lord Meren recruits a clever female counterpart to help him find Queen Nefertiti's murderer.
Updated 10.24.05 - Pillar of Fire
Author: Tarr, Judith
Publisher: Forge $ 23.95 ISBN: 0312855427 Date: 1995
A monumental novel of Ancient Egypt--of the turbulent years of the reigns of the Pharaoh Akhenaten and his successors. Told from the point of view of a Hittite slave who is the chief servant of Akhenaten's third daughter, this intimate account of life in an ancient empire lets the reader feel how the great events of the time affected the human heart.
Updated 10.25.05
Nonfiction
- The Murder of Tutanbkhamen: A True Story
Author: Brier, Bob
Publisher: Putnam $ 24.95 ISBN: 0399143831 Date: 1998
Booklist
More than 3,000 years ago, a 19-year-old pharaoh died mysteriously and was hastily buried in a commoner's tomb. When that tomb was discovered in 1922, the most glorious royal Egyptian treasures were unearthed, and Tut's place in history was restored. The brutal murder of the boy-king and his queen's subsequent overtures to neighboring kings are just two of Dr. Brier's startling allegations as he pieces together the evidence and comes back with a convincing verdict.
Updated 10.24.05 - The Mysterious Death of Tutankhamun
Author: Doherty, P.C.
Publisher: Carroll & Graf $ 26 ISBN: 0786710756 Date: 2002
PW
In this exciting and thought-provoking account of the life and death of Tutankhamun, the basis for a new two-part Discovery Channel documentary airing in fall 2002, Doherty reveals how King Tut's famous calm and beautiful death mask conceals a story of bloody intrigue at the Egyptian court.
Updated 4.5.05 - Tutankhamem: The Life and Death of the Boy-King
by El Mahdy, Christine
Publisher: St Martins $ 25.95 ISBN: 0312262418 Date: 2000
Kirkus
A renowned Egyptologist reconstructs the short life and suspicious death of the ancient empire's boy king. Based on stunning tomb records, lost since their discovery, this revolutionary biography begins to answer the 20th century's most persistent archaeological mystery: who was Tutankhamen? - Howard Carter: Berofre Tutankhamun
Author: Reeves, C.N.
Publisher: Abrams $ 29.95 ISBN: 0810931869 Date: 1993
PW
With the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922, Howard Carter took his place in the annals of archaeology as one of the most famous and successful Egyptologists of all time. This profusely illustrated volume uses Carter's own words and those of his contemporaries in letters and diaries - augmented by Carter's own watercolors and excavation photographs to tell the story of his thirty-year obsession with ancient Egypt and his work in the quest for, and unearthing of, Tutankhamun's tomb. - Publisher Marketing.
Updated 10.24.05
For All Ages
- Tomorrow's Sphinx
Author: Bell, Clare
Publisher: $ ISBN: Date: 2005
Two unusual black cheetahs share a mental link, one cat coming from the past to reveal scenes from his life with the young pharaoh Tutankhamen, and one struggling to survive in a future world ravaged by ecological disaster.
Grades: 7+ Category: Fiction | Speculative - The Tomb of the Boy King: A True Story in Verse
Author: Frank, John
Publisher: FSG $ 16 ISBN: 0374376743 Date: 2001
Horn Book SLJ
The story of Howard Carter's efforts to find Tutankhamen's tomb and of what he discovered in the Valley of the Kings is told. Full-color illustrations.
Grades: Preschool - 3 Category: Nonfiction | Archaelogy - Tutankhamum: The Mystery of the Boy King
Author: Hawass, Zahi
Publisher: Nat Geo $ 17.95 ISBN: 0792283546 Date: 2005
Bulletin SLJ
Featuring more than 60 breathtaking photographs and illustrations and results from a CAT scan of the young monarch's mummy conducted in 2004, this book explores the life and early death of one of the most intriguing of the Egyptian kings. Full color.
Grades: 5-7 Category: Nonfiction | Archaelogy
Updated 10.24.05 - Tut, Tut
Author: Scieszka, Jon
Publisher: Viking $ 14.95 ISBN: 0670848328 Date: 1996
The Time Warp trio takes off for some Ancient Egyptian action. Fred wants to run his fingers through the treasure of King Tut; Sam thinks it would be awful to be a mummy; and Joe wants to ask the Sphinx the questions on the Egyptian History worksheet. But when the trio wind up on the banks of the Nile, hieroglyphic hilarity is guaranteed.
Grades: 4-7 Category: Fiction | Action & Adventure
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