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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. dnf - I don't think this book qualifies as nonfiction. It seems largely made up - Nefertiti hated Akhenaten - I had never heard that before. The evidence seems to point to a positive relationship. The weird chariot race? The conversations - all made up. This book was a hot mess. ( ) Adult nonfiction. Though Patterson stressed the amount of research that went into this book (thanks to his associate, Marty Dugard), readers of narrative nonfiction may be disappointed with the short sentences and short chapters that Patterson is famous for. The sparse details are probably not enough for Tut scholars, though he does do a fair job of placing the reader at the scene.
Patterson doesnât buy that Tut died of a infection. And thatâs all fine and good, but he does nothing other to follow his gut to come up with abruptly fingering likely murder suspects. There is no true evidence; just supposition. Dare you question him? Writes Patterson, âThere was that gut instinct of mine again â the reason, I think, that TIME magazine had once called me âThe Man Who Canât Miss.ââ That level of arrogance is astounding, especially when Patterson lays out his theory and writes, âCase closed.â Um, no. For one thing, other authors have beat him to this conclusion and with far more credibility â see Michael R. King and Gregory M. Cooperâs WHO KILLED KING TUT? and Bob Brierâs THE MURDER OF TUTANKHAMUN, from 2006 and 1999, respectively â so his hunch that Tut was the victim of homicide is nothing new, nor those he accuses of it. Heâs just found a way to turn it into a surefire hit to pay for that golf membership. Distinctions
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HTML:Since 1922, when Howard Carter discovered Tut's 3,000-year-old tomb, most Egyptologists have presumed that the young king died of disease, or perhaps an accident, such as a chariot fall. But what if his fate was actually much more sinister? Now, in THE MURDER OF TUT, James Patterson and Martin Dugard chronicle their epic quest to find out what happened to the boy-king. They comb through the evidenceâ??X-rays, Carter's files, forensic cluesâ??and scavenge for overlooked data to piece together the details of his life and death. The result is a true crime tale of intrigue, betrayal, and usurpation that presents a compelling case that King Tut's death was anything but na No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)932.014History and Geography Ancient World Ancient Egypt to 640 Early history to 332 BC Pharaohs -- Biography and HistoryLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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