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Margaret C. Jones: The Adventurous Life of Amelia B. Edwards: Egyptologist, Novelist, Activist [2022] paperback ZHORR spectatorsIn Victorian England, Amelia B. Edwards was an iconic cultural figure, admired by Trollope and Browning for her best selling fiction and by the wider public for her witty, thought provoking travel writing. In later life, she became a celebrated historian, bringing fresh understanding of the world of Ancient Egypt to a fascinated public and founding the Egyptian Exploration Fund (Society). This new biography uses previously overlooked sources to tell