The Lost Queen of Egypt [Hardcover]

Lucile Morrison (Author), Franz Geritz (Illustrator)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 368 pages
• Publisher: Lippincott (June 1937)
• ISBN-10: 0397300441
• ISBN-13: 978-0397300440
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.7 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (52 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,413,455 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Lost Queen of Egypt, April 8, 2003

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Brenda Parrish (Albuquerque, New Mexico) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Lost Queen of Egypt (Hardcover)

I have to laugh at myself. For years I thought that I was the only person who had ever heard of this book. I couldn't find it in any of our local libraries; not even in the library of the elementary school I attended when I first read it (about forty years ago). It was out of print, so I couldn't order my own copy (and, yes, I did try), nor could I find a copy in second hand book stores, flea markets or garage sales.
Imagine my surprise when I found all of these reviews! So I wasn't the only person who had read and loved this book!
Thanks to the Internet, I now own my own copy. How I treasure that book! And, golly, how sad that there are so few remaining copies of it. I vote, along with the rest of you, that it's time for a reprint. It's a wonderful story (and historically accurate, for the most part). I'd recommend it for any child who is even remotely interested in Egypt---but especially for those who might like a glimspe of what it was like to be a child in ancient Egypt...and grow up to be a queen or king. Ahhh. It's the stuff that dreams are made of!
[Lord help the person, though, who tries to read this book aloud. You'll end up giving all of the characters nicknames by the end of the first chapter, if not before. This is allowed, however. Folks have been calling Tutankhamon "King Tut" for a long, long time.]

20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is One of the books That Made Me Love Ancient Egypt, June 7, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Lost Queen of Egypt (Hardcover)

When I was a girl, there were four library books that brought ancient Egypt to life for me: Boy of the Pyramids, Mara, Daughter of the Nile; The Golden Goblet, and The Lost Queen of Egypt. I've managed to obtain used copies of the first three, but I'm still looking for this one. Those readers who, like myself, have not seen a copy in years, might wish to see a copy of The Murder of Tutankhamen: a True Story by Bob Brier. I can't speak for the paperback version because I own the hardcover, but the hardcover reproduces the same portrait of Ankhesenamen that was in The Lost Queen of Egypt. Until then I'd had only a pale photocopy I'd made over 20 years ago. Other fans of this book may understand how I felt as if I'd found an old friend when I saw that painting in color again. It was as lovely as ever. I wish J.B. Lippincott Company would reprint the book. Ann E. Nichols

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Time for a reprint!, December 15, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Lost Queen of Egypt (Hardcover)

I've been trying to get a copy of this book for years. Years. Like many other reviewers, I read and loved it as a child - and it left me with a lasting interest not only in ancient Egypt but in archeology as a whole. Isn't it about time that the publisher/copyright holder be told that there would be a considerable market for a reissue!