MURDER OF KING TUT, THE - Hachette

A SECRET BURIED FOR CENTURIES Thrust onto Egypt's most powerful throne at the age of nine, King Tut immediately faced challenges. Behind the royal veil of prosperity, bitter rivalries and jealousy flourished among the Child King's advisers, and in less than a decade, King Tut suddenly perished and his name was purged from Egyptian history. To this day, his death remains shrouded in controversy. THE KEYS TO AN UNSOLVED MYSTERY Intrigued by that little was known about Tut and hoping to unlock the answers to the 3.000-year-old mystery, Howard Carter made it his life's mission to uncover the pharaoh's tomb. He began his search in 1907 but encountered countless setback and dead ends before he finally discovered the long-lost crypt.THE CLUES POINT TO MURDER Now,in THE MURDER OF KING TUT,James Patterson and Martin Dugard dig through stack of evidence - X-rays, Carter's files, forensic clues, and stories told through the ages - to arrive at their own account of King Tut's life and death. The result is an exhilarating, true crime tale of intrigue, passion, and betrayal that casts fresh light on the oldest mystery of all.