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The Stolen Queen

by Fiona Davis (Goodreads Author)

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Steven said: " The Stolen Queen is one of those rare novels that you can read and enjoy fully, whether it is in one sitting, or in multiple sittings. Fiona Davis weaves a masterful tale of Egyptian pharaohs and high fashion from history. It will be quite some time The Stolen Queen is one of those rare novels that you can read and enjoy fully, whether it is in one sitting, or in multiple sittings. Fiona Davis weaves a masterful tale of Egyptian pharaohs and high fashion from history. It will be quite some time that I will find a unique book like this.

1936. Charlotte Cross is a newbie Egyptologist. She is in Egypt to help with digs and translation of ancient Egyptian documents. She finds a tomb that is what her and her colleagues think is the final resting place of an Egyptian queen. She also finds a necklace that may be the queen's. 1978. Charlotte is a curator of the MOMA's Egyptian collection. She has come far from Egypt when she was a young adult. Annie Jenkins is an 18 year old who also works at the MOMA as an assistant to a former fashion insider. There is a statue of the queen in the Egyptian collection. Both are enamored of the statue. There is a Gala, and during the Gala, someone swipes the statue. And so starts a story that bounces from the past to the present, and the filling in the gaps of the story through this way of storytelling.

Fiona Davis writes, it seems, flawlessly and with description so vivid, you can see yourself in The Valley of Kings, Cairo, and The Museum of Modern Art. Her characters are flawed, though. And throughout the novel, the two main characters, Charlotte and Annie, find the strength of character to be more than what they were at the beginning of the novel. I really like Charlotte. She is an ideal, day dreaming Egyptologist, and she is hopeful in finding the supposed tomb of the Egyptian queen. Annie is no slouch either. She has this inner strength and aptitude to reading people, that she seems like a mind reader. Both characters are very compassionate and empathetic. The other characters fill in the blanks as well, and Davis really knows how to tell a story of historical fiction.

I really had a hard time finishing the novel. Not because of the length of the book, but because I loved the story so much. And the characters were compelling and real to life. I want to say that this book made me feel nostalgic of thinking of my youth, and exploration and traveling was my forte. The Stolen Queen will stay with me for a long time, and I plan on reading it again in the future. I hope that you, reader, will enjoy this novel as much as I did. ...more "

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The Rwanda Crisis: History of a Genocide

by Gérard Prunier

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