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The Lost Queen Of Egypt (1937)

by Lucile Morrison(Favorite Author)

4.54 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0397300441 (ISBN13: 9780397300440)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Lippincott

review 1: This is the book that started it all for me. My love of the 18th dynasty of ancient Egypt (Kemet/Kmt) stemmed from this book and from my "aunt" Minnie who was a student of Professor Carter, the discoverer of King Tutankhamen/aten's tomb. The fond memories I hold for this book probably colors my review. I now know that the book is based on old knowledge of the time but that doesn't diminish my love for it. Knowing that little Tut could never have showed the athleticism that is suggested in the book and knowing that Akhenaten fathered the boy king on his own sister also does not make me love the book less.So if I find a copy that I can afford it will sit in an honored position on my bookshelves!
review 2: An imaginative telling of the life of Tutankhamon's bride,... more from her childhood through his death. Being somewhat familiar with the story, thanks to a fantastic talk from Bob Brier at Magna Cum Murder last year, I had a good idea what was going to happen. I expect the book reflects the scholarship of the time, which would explain the differences in how Morrison saw the death of Tut and the way Brier described it in his talk. Morrison cast Ankhsenamon as a romantic heroine and does a good job making her an entirely sympathetic character and her telling of events after Tutankhamon's death is a fanciful idea I like. All the same, as I read this I couldn't help but wonder how Elizabeth Peter's Amelia Peabody would react to it! less

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