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vgranucci 's review for:
The Murder of King Tut
by James Patterson, Martin Dugard
A quick and easy read, but a disappointment none the less. For one thing, if you are reporting conversations between people 3000 years dead, you're not writing a "nonfiction thriller", you're writing an historical mystery novel. Also, in the portions set in ancient times, the authors telegraph who the villain of the piece is. The portions set during Howard Carter's archeological explorations are less fictionalized (likely because there is substantially more documentation for that period). Patterson/Dugard have the bare bones of a decent historical novel but not much more.
My advice--if you want mysteries set during the period of European archeological explorations of Egypt, try Elizabeth Peters' Amelia Peabody mysteries. If you're interested in mysteries set in Tutankhamen's court, Lynda Robinson's Lord Meren novels might fill the bill
My advice--if you want mysteries set during the period of European archeological explorations of Egypt, try Elizabeth Peters' Amelia Peabody mysteries. If you're interested in mysteries set in Tutankhamen's court, Lynda Robinson's Lord Meren novels might fill the bill