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You will enjoy this if you love old-fashioned romance with a laugh in it, travel on the Nile, disguises and secret treasure, and a narrator who tells the tale against himself.
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What would you do if the guide a rich American girl picks out on a hotel terrace turned out to be your oldest friend in disguise? That is the moment that hooks Lord Ernest Borrow in Cairo, where a tall man in a green turban looks at Miss Gilder and says nothing.
It Happened in Egypt is a romantic adventure by C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson, a husband and wife who wrote lively travel novels. Ernest tells the story himself. He is a young British diplomat, nicknamed Duffer, who laughs at his own mistakes. His voice carries you from Naples to Alexandria, up the Nile, and into the Sudan. Old papers point to a black hill called the Mountain of the Golden Pyramid, where a queen may lie among her jewels.
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- 1A secret and an old love meet aboard shipFree
- 2Alexandria brings a pinpricked note and a dragoman
- 3A green turban stands under the terrace at Shepheard's
- 4A financier offers the mountain in return for a tour
- 5A night out ends in the House of the Crocodile
- 6A desert caravan has trouble with labels and lambs
- 7Two rescue attempts on the Nile end in a mob
- 8Names and faces are swapped all through the story
- 9Pride and prejudice give way to love slowly
- 10A jesting narrator guides us toward a mountain
Point clé 1 sur 10
A secret and an old love meet aboard ship
The story opens on the Laconia, a liner steaming from Naples to Alexandria. Ernest Borrow, a British diplomat, paces the deck and thinks about his great secret. An Italian Egyptologist named Ferlini left papers about a hidden tomb, and Ernest has passed them to his friend Captain Anthony Fenton. Fenton believes they point to a fortune under a small black mountain.
Then a soft voice says, Why, Duffer, dear, and Ernest turns to find Brigit O'Brien. He has loved her since he was four, and he has not seen her in ten years. She is the widow of a socialist leader who betrayed his secret society. She travels as Mrs. Jones, companion to Rosamond Gilder, called Monny, the richest unmarried girl in America. Brigit decides at once that Ernest should marry her.
The ship is full of strange figures. Monny's aunt believes she is Cleopatra come again, and a bride shut in a cabin by her Turkish husband is known as the Ship's Mystery.
Everyone aboard carries a secret, and the plot grows out of that.
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Questions about Cela se passa en Égypte
What is It Happened in Egypt about?
It follows Lord Ernest Borrow and his friend Captain Anthony Fenton as they chase a legend of a queen's treasure in the Sudan while guiding tourists up the Nile. Along the way come love, disguises, and a rescue.
Who is Antoun Effendi in the story?
Antoun Effendi is the name of the man in a green turban who guides the heiress's party. He is the English officer Anthony Fenton, in disguise on a secret government mission.
Who is Mrs. East and why is she called Cleopatra?
She is Monny Gilder's aunt and guardian. After a crystal gazer told her she was the queen of Egypt reborn, she took the name Cleopatra, wears Egyptian jewelry, and expects a great event in Egypt.
Is It Happened in Egypt a true story?
No, it is a novel by C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson, written in the early twentieth century. Real places like Shepheard's Hotel, Luxor, and Abu Simbel form the setting, and Egyptian history fills the background.
Is this book easy to follow?
Yes, the chapters are short and the narrator tells the story in a chatty voice with plenty of jokes. Clear scenes, letters, and a diary keep the adventure easy to follow from place to place.
Cite this edition
Williamson, C. N., and A. M. Williamson. It Happened in Egypt. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/it-happened-in-egypt.
Williamson, C. N., & Williamson, A. M. (2026). It happened in Egypt. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/it-happened-in-egypt (Original work published 1913)
Williamson, C. N., and A. M. Williamson. It Happened in Egypt. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/it-happened-in-egypt.
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author = {Williamson, C. N. and Williamson, A. M.},
title = {It Happened in Egypt},
publisher = {Library of Alexandria},
year = {2026},
url = {https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/it-happened-in-egypt},
note = {First published 1913}
}
