The Collector's Daughter by Gill Paul (Harper Collins) 5 Stars

Publication date 30/9/21 Audio Book 11hrs 32 mins Book 380 pages

This book has a really interesting Synopsis and the title really made me want to read this book or rather listen to it as it was a audio book. I requested this book from Netgalley and was excepted so thank you Harper Collins for picking me to review this book. If you are doing my book challenge next year of here or Ladyreading365 reading challenge on Facebook. this book will fit into the following prompts #1 controversial topic #9 historical fiction #20 an audio book #23 contains politics #35 set in Asia #36 set in Africa #46 hat on the cover.

Synopsis

A Novel of the Discovery of Tutankhamun's Tomb

Bestselling author Gill Paul returns with a brilliant novel about Lady Evelyn Herbert, the woman who took the very first step into the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun, and who lived in the real Downton Abbey, Highclere Castle, and the long after-effects of the Curse of Pharaohs.

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 place of Tutankhamun, packed full of gold and unimaginable riches, and she was the first person to crawl inside for three thousand years. She called it the “greatest moment” of her life—but soon afterwards everything changed, with a string of tragedies that left her world a darker, sadder place.

Newspapers claimed it was “the curse of Tutankhamun,” but Howard Carter said no rational person would entertain such nonsense. Yet fifty years later, when an Egyptian academic came asking questions about what really happened in the tomb, it unleashed a new chain of events that seemed to threaten the happiness Eve had finally found.

My Review

This book was amazing, it was so well wrote that I was hooked from the very first chapter. I became totally engulfed in the story, as it is such a heart warming story and devastating in equal measures. There are so many twists in the story to keep you permanently on the edge of your seat. This page turning novel was just perfect and so factual I love learning history etc through fiction books. I really enjoyed the political element of this book concerning who has the right to keep the artifacts found on these sites and the controversy around this topic. I listened to the audio version and found that the narrator really added to the atmosphere and mystery of the book that I could not put down. The author wrote this book so well I know want to read more books by her as I binge read this book and I had it finished in no time. I'm really hoping this book gets made into a film as it would be perfect for the big screen. I thought it was great that the ending was so unexpected and the perfect way to end a book. I'm not going to tell you what happened for obvious reasons and I don't see the point in spoilers. So much praise to the author and publishing team for producing such a delightful story with such interesting novel full of history and culture.