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213:) is set in 1914, in Africa and Britain. American novelist Sybil Parker, known for her novels of ancient Egypt, ventures on a tour of England. The material for Sybil's historical romances comes to her in vivid dreams about the lives of the Egyptian rulers. This inspiration is added to through research—including, in her mother's opinion, "too much Plutarch!" On arrival in the UK, Sybil visits the stately home of Alex, who is hosting an engagement party for Julie and Ramsey.
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the "dreams" that have inspired Sybil's novels are actually memories. Additionally, they are sometimes intense forebodings or current experiences of
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is that everyone wanted a sequel to that book, and there wasn't one. I was present, for year after year at my mother’s book signings, and saw people come up and ask, 'When is the next Mummy book?' And her attitude was, 'I don’t have the time to do it on my own.'" Of their collaborative process, Anne
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As it turns out, did most of the writing on the book and most of the heavy lifting in terms of the plotting. We had a meeting and made a road map of the plot, and he produced the first draft and the final draft. And then I went over it and added a number of things, particularly with the older
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characters from the first book. His focus was very much on the newer characters that he created for the sequel. Except for
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