The Sleeper In The Sands - Brossura

Holland, Tom

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0316644803 ISBN 13: 9780316644808

Casa editrice: Little, Brown, 1998

Riassunto

Egypt, 1922: the Valley of the Kings. After years of fruitless labour, the archaeologist Howard Carter exposes a flight of stone steps. They lead him to the doorway of a mysterious tomb, sealed and marked with a terrible curse. 'Death,' Carter reads, 'shall come on swift wings, to whosoever toucheth the tomb of the Pharaoh'. But what is the nature of the tomb's deadly secret? And what is the web of strange connections which reaches millennia, to the very heart of Egypt's fabulous past?

In THE SLEEPER IN THE SANDS, Tom Holland brings his unique storytelling powers and impeccable research to the most mesmerising of all Egypt's stories. Howard Carter reveals the truth behind his thirty-year-old quest for the buried Tut-ankh-Amen. In medieval Cairo, a psychotic caliph orders an unwilling sage to discover the key to immortality. And in Ancient Thebes, Akh-en-Aten, most enigmatic and tragic of the Pharaohs, seeks to purge his realm of a terrible darkness, and gain salvation in the arms of the beautiful Nefertiti.

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Recensione:

Holland is a literary excavator, stripping away layer after layer of history and legend... (OBSERVER)

If you have a yearning for the arcane and the unusual this is a novel to read into the wee small hours. (HISTORICAL NOVEL REVIEW)

An exciting tale and an enjoyable Arabian nightmare. (LITERARY REVIEW)

Descrizione del libro:

*From the opening of the tomb of Tut-ankh-Amen, back to the birth of the ancient dynasties, Tom Holland's thrilling new novel reveals the dark heart of Egypt's remarkable history.

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• Editore: Little, Brown
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0316644803
• ISBN 13: 9780316644808
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 384