Gill Harvey

A richly illustrated account of the life of the boy king and the discovery of his tomb. Howard Carter had spent five long years in the desert, searching for the tomb of the boy-king Tutankhamun. What he found was gold and treasure beyond his wildest dreams.

"Describes the remarkable history of Ancient Egypt, from its origins as a group of settlements along the banks of the Nile, to its transformation into one of the world's earliest and greatest civilizations."--Cover.

This is a retelling of Daniel Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe," a story of a man shipwrecked on a desert island who used his wit and industry to begin a new life.