Clemmie is a heroine you will not forget in a hurry and Rachel’s dedication to transporting you to Egypt is brilliant. You will feel like you are there, on the Nile! This is an immersive book both with the location and the storyline. Whether you have a background in Egyptology and Archaeology or not, this incredibly well-researched book will grip you and that ending was just beautiful.
This is an incredible debut novel with beautiful attention to detail – if this is Rachel’s starting point I can’t wait to see what she comes up with next!
About the Book
Quiet and reserved, Clemmie is happy in the background. Although her parents may overlook her talents, her ability to read hieroglyphs makes her invaluable at the Egyptian relic parties which have made her father the toast of Victorian society.
But at one such party, the words Clemmie interprets from an unusual amulet strike fear into her heart. The beautiful and dangerous glyphs she holds in her hands will change her life forever.
Five years later, Clemmie arrives in Egypt on a mission to save what remains of her family. The childhood game she used to play about the immortal sisters, Isis and Nephthys, has taken on a devastating resonance and it is only by following Nephthys’ story that she can undo the mistakes of the past. On her journey up the Nile she will meet unexpected allies and enemies and, along with long-buried secrets and betrayals, Clemmie will be forced to step into the light.
About The Author
Rachel Louise Driscoll won the Curtis Brown Creative scholarship in 2020. Nephthys is her debut novel. She was inspired to write Clemmie’s story by an experience she had at a local museum as a child where she was allowed to hold a mummified ancient Egyptian cat. Enjoying the hours of avid research required, Rachel even wrote some of the book wearing a corset in order to capture Clemmie’s experience more accurately!
Photo credit: Peter Fraser Dunlop
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