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Empress of the Nile: The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt's Ancient Temples from Destruction

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Empress of the Nile is the riveting story of a true-life action heroine, one seemingly unafraid to turn down a fight for a noble cause; it's the story of an archaeologist who joined the Resistance, survived the Nazis and then saved Egypt's ancient temples. Lynne Olson yet again, finds a subject you may never have heard of but will never forget.

New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice • The remarkable story of the intrepid French archaeologist who led the international effort to save ancient Egyptian temples from the floodwaters of the Aswan Dam, by the New York Times bestselling author of Madame Fourcade’s Secret War

“A female version of the Indiana Jones story . . . [Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt] was a daredevil whose real-life antics put Hollywood fiction to shame.”—The Guardian

In the 1960s, the world’s attention was focus...