The Story of Tutankhamun: An Intimate Life of the Boy who Became King

A lively new biography of Tutankhamun—published for the hundredth anniversary of his tomb’s modern discovery

The discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922 sparked imaginations across the globe. While Howard Carter emptied its treasures, Tut-mania gripped the world—and in many ways, never left. But who was the “boy king,” and what was his life really like?

Garry J. Shaw tells the full story of Tutankhamun’s reign and his modern rediscovery. As pharaoh, Tutankhamun had to manage an empire, na...