The Visitors (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780062302687)

Based on a true story of discovery, The Visitors is New York Times bestselling author Sally Beauman's brilliant recreation of the hunt for Tutankhamun's tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings--a dazzling blend of fact and fiction that brings to life a lost world of exploration, adventure, and danger, and the audacious men willing to sacrifice everything to find a lost treasure.

In 1922, when eleven year-old Lucy is sent to Egypt to recuperate from typhoid, she meets Frances, the daughter of an American archaeologist. The friendship draws the impressionable young girl into the thrilling world of Lord Carnarvon and Howard Carter, who are searching for the tomb of boy pharaoh Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings.

A haunting tale of love and loss, The Visitors retells the legendary story of Carter and Carnarvon's hunt and their historical discovery, witnessed through the eyes of a vulnerable child whose fate becomes entangled in their dramatic quest. As events unfold, Lucy will discover the lengths some people will go to fulfill their deepest desires--and the lies that become the foundation of their lives.

Intensely atmospheric, The Visitors recalls the decadence of Egypt's aristocratic colonial society, and illuminates the obsessive, daring men willing to risk everything--even their sanity--to claim a piece of the ancient past. As fascinating today as it was nearly a century ago, the search for King Tut's tomb is made vivid and immediate in Sally Beauman's skilled hands. A dazzling feat of imagination, The Visitors is a majestic work of historical fiction.

Author: Sally Beauman
ISBN-10: 006230268X
ISBN-13: 9780062302687
Publisher: Harper
Language: English
Published: 07/08/2014
Pages: 544
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.55lbs
Size: 9.26h x 6.44w x 1.39d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 02/15/2014 pg. 69
Kirkus Reviews 05/15/2014
Library Journal 06/01/2014 pg. 85
Publishers Weekly 05/26/2014 pg. 34
Romantic Times 07/01/2014 pg. 30 - Excellent
Booklist 07/01/2014 pg. 47
Shelf Awareness 07/11/2014
Library Journal 02/15/2014