The Collector's Daughter : A Novel of the Discovery of Tutankhamun's Tomb (Large Print)

"Lady Evelyn Herbert was the daughter of the Earl of Carnarvon, brought up in stunning Highclere Castle. Popular and pretty, she seemed destined for a prestigious marriage, but she had other ideas. Instead, she left behind the world of society balls and chaperones to travel to the Egyptian desert, where she hoped to become a lady archaeologist, working alongside her father and Howard Carter in the hunt for an undisturbed tomb. In November 1922, their dreams came true when they discovered the burial placeof Tutankhamun, packed full of gold and unimaginable riches, and she was the first person to crawl inside for three thousand years"--