Since 1922, when Howard Carter discovered Tut's 3, 000-year-old tomb, most Egyptologists have presumed that the young king died of disease, or perhaps an accident, such as a chariot fall.

But what if his fate was actually much more sinister?

Now, in The Murder of King Tut, James Patterson & Martin Dugard chronicle their epic quest to find out what happened to the boy-king.

The result is a true crime tale of intrigue, betrayal, & usurpation that presents a compelling case that King Tut's death was anything but natural.





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Since 1922, when Howard Carter discovered Tut's 3, 000-year-old tomb, most Egyptologists have presumed that the young king died of disease, or perhaps an accident, such as a chariot fall.

But what if his fate was actually much more sinister?

Now, in The Murder of King Tut, James Patterson & Martin Dugard chronicle their epic quest to find out what happened to the boy-king.

The result is a true crime tale of intrigue, betrayal, & usurpation that presents a compelling case that King Tut's death was anything but natural.





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Ben & Clare are staying with Aunt Gwen in Antmouth for the summer. They've been told the coast there is haunted by the ghosts of smugglers, but they are soon much more alarmed by the living residents of the village. There's the tall thin fellow in charge of the Insect Zoo, who acts like the worst kind of mad scientist. & then there's all the fish-eyed golfers who seem to be spying on them. Why do their golf balls seem to get everywhere
- even into the cottage itself? & what is going on in the big Bosswood estate at the top of the hill, where a mysterious dome rises above the trees? Most frightening of all, why do people from the village keep vanishing? Once again, in this fourth Ben & Claire Swift thriller, the thin curtain of normality is ripped aside, plunging the reader into a bizarre world of hidden terror!
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Egyptian mummies, Michaelangelo's drawings, sculptures from Greece & Rome, exquisite porcelain from China, bronze masterpieces from Africa, the remarkable finds from Sutton Hoo
- these are just some of the awe-inspiring objects in the British Museum's famous collections. But the Museum is more than just a treasure house: it is a London landmark, a tourist magnet, a national & international resource- a museum of the world for the world.

Keeping this remarkable institution running is a team of 1000 staff who supervise the galleries, plan major exhibitions & manage a flow of nearly 5 million visitors a year. Rupert Smith has been granted special access to the huge variety of people who work in the Museum, including expert curators, conservators, heavy-object handlers & the people who clean the fabulous new glass roof of the Great Court.

Accompanying a major ten-part BBC television series, The Museum takes us behind the scenes for the first time to see how this amazing place works. Illustrated with over 120 colour photographs, & with a foreword by the Museum




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All human cultures seem to make music
- today & through history. But why they do so, why music can excite deep passions,
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