Synopsis
'It is a story full of drama, with the Nile, the pyramids and the Valley of the Kings as backdrop. That A World Beneath the Sands is also a subtle and stimulating study of the paradoxes of 19th-century colonialism is a bonus indeed.' – Tom Holland, Guardian
What could be more exciting, more exotic or more intrepid than digging in the...
Details
02 September 2021544 pages
9781509858736Imprint: Picador
Reviews
It would be hard to overstate the excellence of Wilkinson's storytelling – and I was surprisingly distraught to think that there can never be a sequel.A. S. H. Smyth, Spectator
The definitive account of the golden age of EgyptologyWaterstone’s Best Books of the Year
It is a story full of drama, with the Nile, the pyramids and the Valley of the Kings as backdrop. That A World Beneath the Sands is also a subtle and stimulating study of the paradoxes of 19th-century colonialism is a bonus indeed.Tom Holland, Guardian
Fascinating . . . A World Beneath the Sands is more than a saga of foreigners in the desert – it also follows Egypt on its rocky path to the 20th century.Economist
