Secrets of a Sun King

Informationen zum Autor Emma Carroll taught English for twenty years until a life-changing cancer diagnosis meant that she felt brave enough to give her dream of being an author a try. Nowadays she's a bestselling author and has been nominated for and won numerous awards - including Books Are My Bag Readers' Award, Branford Boase, CILIP Carnegie Medal, Young Quills, Teach Primary and the Waterstones Book Prize. Emma lives in the Somerset Hills with her husband and their two terriers. Klappentext 'The Hilary Mantel of children''s fiction.' The Telegraph A gripping adventure.' Daily Mail 'Hooked yet? You''d have to be dead and wrapped in bandages not to be.' The Times 'Totally thrilling.' BookTrust London, 1922. A discovery from ancient Egypt . . . A cursed package . . . The untold story of a young pharaoh . . . When Lilian Kaye finds a parcel on her grandad''s doorstep, she is shocked to see who sent it: a famous Egyptologist, found dead that very morning, according to every newspaper in England! The mysterious package holds the key to a story . . . about a king whose tomb archaeologists are desperately hunting for. Lil and her friends must embark on an incredible journey - to return the package to its resting place, to protect those they love, and to break the deadly pharaoh''s curse . . . 'The Hilary Mantel of children's fiction.' Telegraph Zusammenfassung about a king whose tomb archaeologists are desperately hunting for. Lil and her friends must embark on an incredible journey - to return the package to its resting place, to protect those they love, and to break the deadly pharaoh's curse .

Product details

• Authors: Emma Carroll, Carroll Emma
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.08.2018
• EAN: 9780571328499
• ISBN: 978-0-571-32849-9
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 200 mm x 133 mm x 23 mm
• Series: Inspector Adam Dalgliesh Mystery
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; JUVENILE FICTION / Mysteries & Detective Stories, JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / Exploration & Discovery, JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / Africa, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Crime & mystery fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Crime and mystery fiction, Historical Fiction (Children's/Ya), Crime & Mystery Fiction (Children's/Ya), Reading Age: From C 8 Years