Book description
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of detective Sherlock Holmes, is the father of crime fiction. Originally published in The Cornhill Magazine in 1890, 'The Ring of Thoth' sees an Egyptologist visit the Louvre and witness a strange event. Many of the earliest occult stories, particularly those dating back to…
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This book is one of two mummy stories penned by the great Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. He brings his usual mix of scholarship, horror, and romance to this fabulous story of an unauthorized mummy unwrapping in the Louvre Museum after hours.
A true classic of early horror and the inspiration for countless mummy films in the century to follow.
From Del's list on The best fiction books about Egyptology.
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