The King's Shadow: Obsession, Betrayal, and the Deadly Quest for the Lost City of Alexandria by Edmund Richardson

The King's Shadow: Obsession, Betrayal, and the Deadly Quest for the Lost City of Alexandria

Edmund Richardson

352 pages first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous informative slow-paced

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On the way into one of history's most extraordinary stories, he would take tea with kings, travel with holy men and become the master of a hundred disguises; he would see things no westerner had glimpsed before and few have glimpsed since. He woul...

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informative 88%
adventurous 83%
mysterious 44%
challenging 22%
emotional 22%
reflective 22%
tense 22%
dark 16%
inspiring 16%
funny 11%
sad 11%

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slow 42%
fast 5%

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