Facts You Might Not Know About Lord Carnarvon of Tutankhamun Fame
SHOCKING REVELATIONS IN NEW BOOK ON LORD CARNARVON AND HOWARD CARTER
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A new book by William Cross, author of six books on the Carnarvons of Highclere Castle reveals some startling facts about Lord Carnarvon, Howard Carter and the boy King Tutankhamun.
"Carnarvon, Carter
and Tutankhamun Revisted : The Hidden Truths and Doomed Relationships" was
published on
A NEW BOOK
LORDY! TUTANKHAMUN'S PATRON AS A YOUNG MAN
WILLIAM CROSS, FSA Scot
With An Introduction by Alfred Jones, Ph.D
George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, the 5th Earl of Carnarvon and husband to the Rothschild heiress, Almina Wombwell, was a multi-faceted character. Yachtsman, motoring pioneer, race-goer, horseracing stud establisher, crack shot, big game hunter – his interests were indulgent. Yet all these activities are dwarfed by Carnarvon’s finest hour: his unearthing, with archaeologist friend Howard Carter, of the ancient tomb of a boy king in Egypt; a discovery that captured imaginations worldwide.
Tutankhamun’s tomb would have remained lost were it not for Lord Carnarvon, the project’s patron. “Lordy”, as he was named by the natives of the desert who were employed to dig and shift colossal sand dunes and debris, eagerly spent his wife’s money on several years of excavations in the Valley of the Kings, led by Carter. How excited he was, then, following the events of 4 November 1922 when the army of diggers uncovered a stone staircase leading down to a lost treasure. The rest is a well-known fable, with Carnarvon dying soon after the opening of the tomb – the victim of an ancient curse, according to many.
In this retrospective on the 5th Earl, William Cross ( biographer of Lady Carnarvon) offers a portrait of his very early days within a family saga, based on diaries and correspondence of the 4th Earl, Lordy’s father. Here, is Lord Carnarvon in a fresh light, one that has hitherto been buried as deep as the entrance to Tutankhamun’s tomb. Indeed, Lordy’s father and stepmother, Elsie Howard, butchered parts of the diaries, removing scores of pages, and Elsie arranged the publication of a watered-down biography of her husband, so keen were they to bury family secrets. Thankfully plenty of evidence about Lordy was not erased, and it is through detailed research that Cross is able to present this account.
The book will be published by on 1 September 2012 @ £15.00 ( SPECIAL OFFER £13 including postage until 15 Sept 2012 DIRECT SALES ) : Overseas Postage add Europe £5.50 Other £9.50
ISBN 978-1-905914-05-0
Published by William P. Cross, Book Midden Publishing
58 Sutton Road Newport Gwent NP19 7JF United Kingdom
Contact Will by e-mail williecross@aol.com
Seven facts you might not know about George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert
( 1866-1923)
Lord Carnarvon of Tutankhamun Fame
· George was born in London at the Carnarvon home of 66 Grosvenor Street, in 1866. Almost all biographies say he was born at Highclere Castle.
· George was not the first-born son of the Fourth Earl and Countess of Carnarvon. His elder brother was still born in 1862.
· George went to preparatory school at Brighton, attended Eton College and later attempted entry into both Oxford and Cambridge Universities.
· George was a pupil at Jimmies, the famous crammer in London’s Cromwell Road, at the same time at Winston Churchill.
· George spoke fluent French and German.
· His father, the Fourth Earl of Carnarvon, refused George his “coming of age” celebrations in 1887.
· George was an accomplished conjuror and played the banjo.
These facts are developed in full in
Lordy! Tutankhamun’s Patron As A Young Man,
A new book by William Cross, FSA Scot, Author of The Life and Secrets of Almina Carnarvon .
Contact William Cross by e-mail for more details
williecross@aol.com
