London's Curse

Throughout the 1920 and 30s, London was gripped by the supposed curse of Tutankhamun, the Egyptian boy-king of antiquity, whose tomb in the Luxor sands was uncovered in 1923. Over the next few years more than 20 of those involved in the exhumation of the tomb perished in strange and often terrifying circumstances, prompting the myth of the so- called `Curse of Tutankhamun'. Indeed, nowhere in the world - particularly London's West End - appeared to be safe for those who had provoked the ire of the Egyptian death gods. A blend of meticulous research and educated conjecture, historian and screenwriter Mark Beynon turns armchair detective as he explores the strange circumstances surrounding a brutal murder at the Savoy Hotel, sinister happenings at Mayfair's Bath Club, a mysterious suicide at St James's Court and a series of inexplicable deaths linked to the British Museum, and uncovers a wealth of hitherto unpublished material that lays bare the truth behind these fatalities. Set against the backdrop of London's glittering 1920s and 30s, the author delves deep into the murky underworld of a morally corrupt and decadent city.