Contents

Dedication

Cast of Characters

Part 1: Sphinx Girl

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Part 2: The Opening of the Mouth

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Part 3: Three-Thousand-Year Effect

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Part 4: Antique Land

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Part 5: Oliver No. 9

Chapter 26

Chapter 27

Chapter 28

Chapter 29

Chapter 30

Chapter 31

Part 6: The Book of the Dead

Chapter 32

Chapter 33

Chapter 34

Chapter 35

Chapter 36

Chapter 37

Chapter 38

People, Places, Provenance

Acknowledgements

Bibliography

 

About the Author

By Sally Beauman

Credits

Copyright

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