Record Number |
863680 |
ISBN |
9780008518578 |
Author |
Paul, Gill, 1960- author |
Title |
The collector's daughter / Gill Paul. |
Edition |
Trade paperback edition. |
Publisher/Date |
London : Avon, 2022. |
©2021 |
Pagination etc. |
357 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm. |
Contents note |
Includes reading group guide. |
"An unforgettable discovery. An unforgivable secret." -- Cover. |
Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Summary Note |
In 1922, Lady Evelyn Herbert's dreams are realised when she is the first to set foot inside the lost tomb of Tutankhamun for over 3,000 years. A cursed life But the months after the discovery are marred by tragedy, when Eve's father dies suddenly and her family is torn in two. Desperate to put the past behind her, Eve retreats into a private life with her new husband. A deadly choice But she is harbouring a dark secret about what really happened in Egypt. And when a young woman comes asking questions years later, the happiness Eve has finally found is threatened once more... |
Subject - Name |
Beauchamp, Evelyn, -- 1901-1980 -- Fiction |
Carnarvon, George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, -- Earl of,1866-1923 -- Fiction |
Tutankhamen, -- King of Egypt -- Tomb -- Fiction |
Subject |
Nobility -- England -- Fiction |
Archaeologists -- Egypt -- Fiction |
Women archaeologists -- Fiction |
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Egypt -- Valley of the Kings -- Fiction |
Blessing and cursing -- Fiction |
Fathers and daughters -- Fiction |
Biographical fiction. |
Historical fiction. |
Shelf Location |
F PAUL |