The Harriet Fox about Gilbert Paul Jordan is good.  It has much information as Harriet Fox could find. The writing is good. The case overview is fine. I just wish there had been a bit more about the possibility that the backgrounds of the women whom he killed and whether their race and/or case had something to do with the lack of a case or investigation. (three stars)

As for the Charles River Editors book.  The stand out is the one about Akhenaten and Amarna which includes a detailed analysis of the queens of the time.  The Serveran and Gurkhas ones (4 and 3 stars) are good overviews.

This is a good overview, but almost half the book is a history of Osiris. This does make sense, but makes it less of a history of the city.

Additionally, while I can understand why CRE uses the same wording in multiple books, I find it irksome. I am not talking about when they offer combined editions, but when a huge part of one history, say about Osiris, is used word for word in another book, like say Abydos.

I know it makes sense from a money point of view. And it's not plaragism. But if CRE wants people to buy the works instead of picking them up for free, I think they need to stop doing this. 2.99 for a book that is almost 50% of another book you might have already read is steep.

Ah, Baldrick telling you about ancient Egyptians, what more do you want? Of course, there is the god of football that sounds awesome.

Wonderful installment. Enjoyable for adults.

Very general, but Brier, as always, is entertaining while teaching.

If you have read about the Stone before or the European interest in Egypt, you most likely will know the information here. There is an interesting chapter about the ownership issues as well as the English vs. French debate. The best part of the book was the detailed section about the steps to deciphering.