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A review by zephyrsilver
The Murder of Tutankhamen by Bob Brier
4.0
So, I'll be honest; I almost completely forgot I even had this book. I think I bought it at Borders, so that should tell you how long I've had it. But I went to see the King Tut exhibit this weekend, so this was the perfect book to bring.
I was expecting a dry, dull book, because sadly, a lot of non-fiction (especially historical) tend to be that way. This book was not dry at all! It was actually very engaging!
Brier has a great writing style and voice. He made a few comments that were incredibly witty and funny, which was not what I was expecting from a scholarly type person. Plus his writing style was very smooth and engaging. It felt almost like a fiction book, to some extent.
This book is also a great Egyptology 101, as well as being very informative about Tut and his family. Brier mentions other popular pharaohs including Hatsheput, Ramses the Great, and Cleopatra, to name a few.
His insight on Tut's life was really intriguing. It is a bit out-dated, since the book originally came out in '98, and even the new version was updated a decade ago. Still, it's very good basics - unless everything we know about Tut has radically changed in the past ten years. I wouldn't know, unfortunately.
But overall, this was a good read.
I was expecting a dry, dull book, because sadly, a lot of non-fiction (especially historical) tend to be that way. This book was not dry at all! It was actually very engaging!
Brier has a great writing style and voice. He made a few comments that were incredibly witty and funny, which was not what I was expecting from a scholarly type person. Plus his writing style was very smooth and engaging. It felt almost like a fiction book, to some extent.
This book is also a great Egyptology 101, as well as being very informative about Tut and his family. Brier mentions other popular pharaohs including Hatsheput, Ramses the Great, and Cleopatra, to name a few.
His insight on Tut's life was really intriguing. It is a bit out-dated, since the book originally came out in '98, and even the new version was updated a decade ago. Still, it's very good basics - unless everything we know about Tut has radically changed in the past ten years. I wouldn't know, unfortunately.
But overall, this was a good read.