{"product_id":"the-visitors-a-novel-isbn-9780062302687","title":"The Visitors: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on a true story of discovery, \u003cem\u003eThe Visitors\u003c\/em\u003e is New York Times bestselling author Sally Beauman’s brilliant recreation of the hunt for Tutankhamun’s tomb in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings—a dazzling blend of fact and fiction that brings to life a lost world of exploration, adventure, and danger, and the audacious men willing to sacrifice everything to find a lost treasure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1922, when eleven year-old Lucy is sent to Egypt to recuperate from typhoid, she meets Frances, the daughter of an American archaeologist. The friendship draws the impressionable young girl into the thrilling world of Lord Carnarvon and Howard Carter, who are searching for the tomb of boy pharaoh Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA haunting tale of love and loss, \u003cem\u003eThe Visitors\u003c\/em\u003e retells the legendary story of Carter and Carnarvon’s hunt and their historical discovery, witnessed through the eyes of a vulnerable child whose fate becomes entangled in their dramatic quest. As events unfold, Lucy will discover the lengths some people will go to fulfill their deepest desires—and the lies that become the foundation of their lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntensely atmospheric, \u003cem\u003eThe Visitors\u003c\/em\u003e recalls the decadence of Egypt’s aristocratic colonial society, and illuminates the obsessive, daring men willing to risk everything—even their sanity—to claim a piece of the ancient past. As fascinating today as it was nearly a century ago, the search for King Tut’s tomb is made vivid and immediate in Sally Beauman’s skilled hands. A dazzling feat of imagination, \u003cem\u003eThe Visitors\u003c\/em\u003e is a majestic work of historical fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eFrom the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author Sally Beauman comes an intensely atmospheric, spellbinding re-creation of Lord Carnarvon's hunt for Tutankhamun's tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSent abroad to Egypt in 1922 to recover from the typhoid that has killed her mother, eleven-year-old Lucy becomes swept up in the feverish excitement surrounding the search for Tutankhamun's tomb. Through her friendship with Frances, the daughter of an American archaeologist, Lucy witnesses first-hand the intrigue, politics, and passions surrounding this quest. Raised in a world in which adults are often cold and unpredictable, Lucy forms an immediate bond with Frances. Their friendship sustains them throughout childhood, guides them through the class-ridden colonial society in which they grow up, and takes them into an adult life that promises fulfilment—until it veers toward heartbreak.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeftly constructed and transportive, peopled by powerful characters, moving from the 1920s to the present day, \u003cem\u003eThe Visitors\u003c\/em\u003e is a timeless coming-of-age narrative set against the backdrop of profound historical change. But how is such change documented? Whose testimony is reliable? Which witness should we believe?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLooking back on her past much later in life, viewing it from the perspective of age, Lucy tells a deeply moving story of love and loss, of mistakes made and incendiary secrets concealed. She reveals the circumstances that lie behind the most celebrated discovery ever made in the Valley of the Kings, a discovery clouded by deception, in which triumph swiftly turned to tragedy; it is a story, as she comes to see, whose truths are both elusive and occluded, one that mirrors her own. As Lord Carnarvon and the archaeologist Howard Carter force the desert to yield its treasures, Lucy reveals the extremes to which people are driven by desire—even when these extremes involve building a life around a lie.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“If you’ve never read ’Rebecca,’ Beauman’s book is still a cracking good read.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDetroit Free Press on Rebecca's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for Rebecca’s Tale: “If you’ve read Rebecca and loved it, Beauman brings it to more colorful life.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune on Rebecca's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Excellent...Perfect...Mastery from surprise to surprise.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor on Rebecca's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Atmospheric…. Sally Beauman’s fact-inspired story plunges readers into the thrilling search for King Tut’s tomb in 1922 Egypt.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eParade\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Romance, deception, and colonial decadence.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMore magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[A] beautifully written novel, a tale of intertwined lives that is at once powerful and haunting. Beauman maintains the tension surrounding the tomb’s discovery.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times (London)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Interesting, unusual and informative, it is greatly enjoyable.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This historical novel approaches…the 20th century’s most sensational archaeological event.… There are riches here.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“There is much to delight in this book.…Nearly a century after King Tut’s discovery, Beauman manages to make both the lives of her fictional characters and those at the historical center of Tut’s unearthing riveting.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Journal of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A book of astounding scholarship on Egyptology and the 1920s…. The novel’s…writing and characterizations are golden.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist(starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Vividly evocative of place, time, and character, REBECCA’S TALE is a page-turner in its own right. - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichmond Times-Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A great big beast of a saga with plenty of costume drama, celebrities, glamorous locations, spooks and murders. It’s \u003cem\u003eDeath on the Nile\u003c\/em\u003e meets \u003cem\u003eDownton Abbey\u003c\/em\u003e, as the action moves between Highclere Castle and Egypt’s Valley of the Kings. A gripping story touching on friendship, scholarship, love and family.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Mail (London)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44888738332901,"sku":"NP9780062302687","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780062302687.jpg?v=1730229732","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-visitors-a-novel-isbn-9780062302687","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}