Howard Carter

There is little we don't know about Howard Carter's discovery of Tutanthamun's tomb. But Howard Carter, the man, with his explosive temper and combatative nature, takes on new meaning and comes alive in T.G.H. James' richly detailed biography, Howard Carter: The Path to Tuitankhamun. Carter's extraordinary tumultous life and the world he lived in could easily be the stuff of fiction, and James captures that life and world with unquestioned scholarship, a sense of drama and a keen eye for detail. His book, first published in 2001, is surely the most complete and best-crafted biography of Howard Carter. It's a story you never quite walk away from, and one you will enjoy from the first page to the last.