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The Mysterious Death of Tutankhamun (Hardcover)

by P.C. Doherty (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Constable; First Edition edition (7 Oct 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1841195952
  • ISBN-13: 978-1841195957
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 843,479 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'The Mask of Ra is the best of its kind since Ellis Peters. As ever, Doherty dazzles us with his knowledge and intimate feel for ancient Egypt.' - Time Out; '[In The House of Death] Paul Doherty has created a vivid, credible picture of life in the Persian and Macedonian courts on the eve of Alexander's conquests' - Times Literary Supplement


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More than 3000 years after his death, the entire civilized world is familiar with the face and burial site of one young Egyptian ruler. It is assumed he died of natural causes, a sad but unavoidable fate. But is there a hidden story? In this account of the life and death of Tutankhamun, Paul Doherty tells how the calm and beautiful mask conceals a story of bloody intrigue at the Egyptian court, resulting in sudden death, hurried burial and a crisis that threatened the very existence of the Empire. Was Tutankhamun secretly assassinated by the powerful cartel that ran the court and the country? What exactly was the role of the powerful first minister, Ay? Could he have murdered his young charge in order to wear the imperial crown himself?
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5.0 out of 5 stars Another Insight into the Life of the Boy King, 21 Nov 2006
By J. Chippindale (England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Mysterious Death of Tutankhamun: Re-opening the Case of Egypt's Boy-King (Paperback)
Paul Doherty is the consummate professional when it comes to writing historical novels. I for one do not know how he can be so prolific with his offering of books and yet make sure that each of them is well researched. Whether they be 13th, 14th, or fifteenth century they are always true to the period. He also writes about Ancient Egypt and now he has taken to writing about Alexander the Great. Paul Doherty has the rare talent of making you feel as though you are there, be it medieval England, or battling with Alexander. The sounds and smells of the period seem to waft from the pages of his books.

With this book Doherty proves that he is a scholar as well as a writer of novels and is a must for anyone interested in Tutankhamun or Egyptology in general. Ever since that day in 1922 when Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon looked through into the tomb of the boy Pharaoh, the world has never tired of hearing tales about him and looking at the fabulous artefacts that were carefully removed from the tomb in the valley of the kings.

Tutankhamun was only a very young man when he died mysteriously. Even with the lower life expectancy at that time he should have reigned for many more years. Was his death an accident, or was he murdered by people who opposed his rule? With the use of modern technology more and more clues are coming to light about the life and death of the young Pharaoh. This book offers new clues and highlights that intrigue that was going on at the Egyptian court at the time of Tutankhamun's death.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Non-fiction by P.C. Doherty: his thoughts on the death of King Tut, 14 Dec 2008
By gilly8 "gilly8" (Mars, the hotspot of the U.S.) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Mysterious Death of Tutankhamun (Hardcover)
P.C. Doherty, the British historian, clearly has strong ideas about the fate of the "boy king" Pharaoh Tutankhamun. In this non-fiction book the author known more for his multiple series of historical mysteries, delves into an actual mystery, which will probably never be solved.

He describes in depth the mummification process and how sloppily it seems to have been done in the case of the this young 18yr old man, who by rights should have had many years ahead of him in which to rule Egypt. Why would such a thing have been allowed? The mummification and burial of a pharaoh would have been one of the most important rituals of that nation. Instead, in his grave were found what seemed to be items "borrowed" from other people's tombs, the top of his sarcophagus lid was hacked off to fit properly...many strange goings-ons that make no sense unless one buys into a plot, perhaps a murder and the need to get his body "out of the way" quickly...

He was not succeeded by a blood relative,either. In fact, the ancient line that may have begun with pharaohs thousands of years earlier, came to a halt as the rule of Egypt was taken over by a general. (Leading to the lineage that would produce Ramsess II and his descendents.)

I imagine Doherty took what he had learned in researching his trilogy of historical novels about Akhenaten and Tutankhamun to develop the theories he raises in this book. Those novels are worth reading: "An Evil Spirit Out of the West", "The Year of the Hyaenas" and the "Cobra". He also has a "light" Egyptian mystery series going, set in the time of the woman Pharaoh Hatshepsut, whose lead character is Judge Amerotke, an upper class Egyptian and solver of crimes.

Overall an interesting, thoughtful view on what MIGHT have happened to the "boy-king" Tutankhamun.
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