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Empress of the Nile audiobook
- By: Lynne Olson
- Narrator: Lisa Flanagan
- Category: 20th Century, History, Modern
- Length: 13 hours 42 minutes
- Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
- Publish date: January 01, 2023
- Language: English
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Empress of the Nile Audiobook Summary
The remarkable story of the intrepid French archaeologist who led the international effort to save ancient Egyptian temples from the floodwaters of the Aswan Dam, by the New York Times bestselling author of Madame Fourcade’s Secret War
“A female version of the Indiana Jones story . . . [Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt] was a daredevil whose real-life antics put Hollywood fiction to shame.”—The Guardian
In the 1960s, the world’s attention was focused on a nail-biting race against time: Fifty countries contributed nearly a billion dollars to save a dozen ancient Egyptian temples, built during the height of the pharaohs’ rule, from drowning in the floodwaters of the massive new Aswan High Dam. But the extensive press coverage at the time overlooked the gutsy French archaeologist who made it all happen. Without the intervention of Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt, the temples would now be at the bottom of a vast reservoir. It was an unimaginably large and complex project that required the fragile sandstone temples to be dismantled, stone by stone, and rebuilt on higher ground.
A willful real-life version of Indiana Jones, Desroches-Noblecourt refused to be cowed by anyone or anything. During World War II she joined the French Resistance and was held by the Nazis; in her fight to save the temples she challenged two of the postwar world’s most daunting leaders, Egypt’s President Nasser and France’s President de Gaulle. As she told a reporter, “You don’t get anywhere without a fight, you know.”
Yet Desroches-Noblecourt was not the only woman who played an essential role in the historic endeavor. The other was Jacqueline Kennedy, who persuaded her husband to call on Congress to help fund the rescue effort. After years of Western plunder of Egypt’s ancient monuments, Desroches-Noblecourt did the opposite. She helped preserve a crucial part of Egypt’s cultural heritage, and made sure it remained in its homeland.
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Empress of the Nile Audiobook Narrator
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Empress of the Nile Full Details
| Narrator | Lisa Flanagan |
| Length | 13 hours 42 minutes |
| Author | Lynne Olson |
| Category | |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group |
| Release date | May 03, 2024 |
| ISBN | 9780593677421 |
Subjects
The publisher of the Empress of the Nile is Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. includes the following subjects: women archaeologists, Louvre, King Tut, Tutankhamun, ancient egyptian history, biography, biographies, gifts for women, gifts for men, history teacher gifts, Jackie Kennedy, preservation, cultural heritage, Temple of Dendur, egyptian temples, historical books, history buff gifts, egyptology, egyptian history, egypt, ancient history, ancient egypt, world history, history gifts, gifts for history buffs, archaeology books, archaeology, history books, history, Empress of the Nile, Empress, Lynne Olson books, Lynne Olson, feminism, History, Modern, 20th Century, Biography & Autobiography, Women, Biography & Autobiography, Historical The BISAC Subject Code is 20th Century, History, Modern
Additional info
The publisher of the Empress of the Nile is Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. The imprint is Random House Audio. It is supplied by Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. The ISBN-13 is 9780593677421.
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This book is only available in the United States.
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