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　　In 1922, the British archaeologist Henry Carter opened King

Tutankhamun’s tomb, illuminating the glories of an ancient

civilization. And while the world celebrated the extraordinary

revelation that gave Carter international renown and an indelible

place in history, by the time of his death, the discovery had

nearly destroyed him. Now, in a stunning feat of narrative

nonfiction, Daniel Meyerson has written a thrilling and evocative

account of this remarkable man and his times.

Carter began his career inauspiciously. At the age of

seventeen–unknown, untrained, untried–he was hired as a copyist of

tomb art by the brash, brilliant, and boldly unkempt father of

modern archaeology, W. F. Petrie. Carter struck out on his own a

few years later, sensing that something amazing lay buried beneath

his feet, waiting for him to uncover it.

But others had the same idea: The ancient cities of Egypt were

crawling with European adventurers and their wealthy sponsors, each

hoping to outdo the others with glittering discoveries–even as

growing nationalist resentment against foreigners plundering the

country’s most treasured antiquities simmered dangerously in the

background.

Not until Carter met up with the risk-taking, adventure-loving

occultist Lord Carnarvon did his fortunes change. There were stark

differences in personality and temperament between the cantankerous

Carter and his gregarious patron, but together they faced down

endless ridicule from the most respected explorers of the day.

Seven dusty and dispiriting years after their first meeting, their

dream came to astonishing life.

But there would be a price to pay for this partnership, their

discovery, and the glory and fame it brought both men–and the chain

of events that transpired in the wake of their success remains

fascinating and shocking to this day.

An enthralling story told with unprecedented verve, In the Valley

of the Kings is a tale of mania and greed, of fame and lost

fortune, of history and its damnations. As he did in The Linguist

and the Emperor, Daniel Meyerson puts his exciting storytelling

powers on full display, revealing an almost forgotten time when

past and present came crashing together with the power to change–or

curse–men’s lives.

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　　Daniel Meyerson, an Ellis Fellow at Columbia University, has

taught writing at Columbia, New York University, and Bennington

College. He is the author of The Linguist and the Emperor:

Napoleon and Champollion’s Quest to Decipher the Rosetta Stone

and Blood and Splendor: The Lives of Five Tyrants, from Nero to

Saddam Hussein. He lives in New York City.

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媒体评论

　　“[Meyerson’s]work is well researched and entertaining, and

brings to life the ancient pharaohs and their tumultuous reigns as

well as the excavators who disturbed their eternal

sleep.”—Publishers Weekly

　　“In the tradition of the great excavators, Meyerson has unearthed

untold treasures–the story behind the story, and the one behind

that, too. With its cast of colorful characters–tomb robbers,

peasant diggers, millionaire dilettantes, archaeologists, and

hangers-on–this is colonial history as it has never been told

before.”—Maura Spiegel, Department of English and Comparative

Literature, Columbia University, and co-author of The Grim

Reader

书籍介绍

In 1922, the British archaeologist Henry Carter opened King Tutankhamun’s tomb, illuminating the glories of an ancient civilization. And while the world celebrated the extraordinary revelation that gave Carter international renown and an indelible place in history, by the time of his death, the discovery had nearly destroyed him. Now, in a stunning feat of narrative nonfiction, Daniel Meyerson has written a thrilling and evocative account of this remarkable man and his times.

Carter began his career inauspiciously. At the age of seventeen–unknown, untrained, untried–he was hired as a copyist of tomb art by the brash, brilliant, and boldly unkempt father of modern archaeology, W. F. Petrie. Carter struck out on his own a few years later, sensing that something amazing lay buried beneath his feet, waiting for him to uncover it.

But others had the same idea: The ancient cities of Egypt were crawling with European adventurers and their wealthy sponsors, each hoping to outdo the others with glittering discoveries–even as growing nationalist resentment against foreigners plundering the country’s most treasured antiquities simmered dangerously in the background.

Not until Carter met up with the risk-taking, adventure-loving occultist Lord Carnarvon did his fortunes change. There were stark differences in personality and temperament between the cantankerous Carter and his gregarious patron, but together they faced down endless ridicule from the most respected explorers of the day. Seven dusty and dispiriting years after their first meeting, their dream came to astonishing life.

But there would be a price to pay for this partnership, their discovery, and the glory and fame it brought both men–and the chain of events that transpired in the wake of their success remains fascinating and shocking to this day.

An enthralling story told with unprecedented verve, In the Valley of the Kings is a tale of mania and greed, of fame and lost fortune, of history and its damnations. As he did in The Linguist and the Emperor, Daniel Meyerson puts his exciting storytelling powers on full display, revealing an almost forgotten time when past and present came crashing together with the power to change–or curse–men’s lives.