Susanna Sullivan, Author reviewed Stolen Queen by Fiona Davis
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4 stars
NetGalley provided a pre-publication copy of the book for me in exchange for an honest review.
I’m a sucker for a good book about Egyptology. This one was interesting because parts of it took place in Egypt in the 1930s, and parts of it in 1978-79 in New York City and Egypt.
Charlotte Cross has been an assistant curator for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York for 15 years, and was on staff for two decades before that. She truly loves her job, but she’s never advanced beyond assistant because something is preventing her from returning to Egypt for further study.
When she was only 19, she was on the staff of an archaeological dig in Egypt as a young woman in the early 30s, a time when women were expected to devote their lives to marriage and children. But something happened there, something terrible, and she’s never …
NetGalley provided a pre-publication copy of the book for me in exchange for an honest review.
I’m a sucker for a good book about Egyptology. This one was interesting because parts of it took place in Egypt in the 1930s, and parts of it in 1978-79 in New York City and Egypt.
Charlotte Cross has been an assistant curator for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York for 15 years, and was on staff for two decades before that. She truly loves her job, but she’s never advanced beyond assistant because something is preventing her from returning to Egypt for further study.
When she was only 19, she was on the staff of an archaeological dig in Egypt as a young woman in the early 30s, a time when women were expected to devote their lives to marriage and children. But something happened there, something terrible, and she’s never gone back.
Until a unique artifact is loaned to the museum by an anonymous donor, and she recognizes it as stolen. Finding out more about the mysterious donor sends Charlotte on a mission of discovery that turns her life upside down.
Charlotte embarks on a mission to track down the mysterious donor and find out how the item came into their hands, and the search helps her to put the broken pieces of her own, and several other people’s lives, back together.
If you love archaeology, Egyptology, and mysteries — as I do — you’ll enjoy The Stolen Queen.