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A Journey Between Souls: The Story of a Soldier and a Pharaoh

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I thought everything had been said already on the discovery of Pharoah Tutenkhamun's tomb, but the story of Richard Adamson's role is fascinating. However, this totally absorbing biography as told by his friend Elaine Edgar offers far more than just another 'King Tut' tale. It gives an insight into the life of an ordinary British soldier in the 20's and tells how he was drawn into the strange world of the Archaeologists of the time and the behind the scenes activities which have not before been revealed. Impossible to put the book down.

i found this book absolutley fascinating to read, as i had heard the tales that were passed down through my family about our great grandad.i am the grandaughter of robert adamson who was richard adamsons third born son. a great tribute to a fascinating life!
maria davies

In her book Elaine Edgar does a magnificent job in disseminating Richard Leslie Adamson's fantasies. For there simply is no contemporary historical evidence to back up his claims to have been the security guard at the tomb of Tutankhamun. Edgar would perhaps argue otherwise but there is nothing in the content of her book that comes remotely close to proving Adamson's case. A simple request of official documents should have been her first quest to establish the authenticity of Adamson's tales.

For copies of certificates recording the births of Richard Adamson's first three sons reveal a very different story to that told by their father. Adamson's first son was born on the 23rd December 1925 and his certificate reveals his father's occupation as "Motor Mechanic". The second son was born was on 21 August 1927 and the occupation of the father is given as "Tram Conductor". The third boy was born on the 13th January 1930 and Adamson's occupation is recorded as "Bus Conductor". All three documents record that Adamson was living and working in the `County of Portsmouth' in England and thus he could not have been guarding some hot and dusty tomb in Egypt.