{"product_id":"lot-no-249-tim-zengerink-9781806291939","title":"Lot No. 249: A Mummy Horror Classic - Reanimation, Revenge, and Academic IntrigueA Mummy Horror Classic - Reanimation, Revenge, and Academic Intrigue","description":"What if the most brilliant mind on campus chose the dead as his weapon?\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1892, \u003cem\u003eLot No. 249\u003c\/em\u003e helped define the modern mummy genre long before Hollywood's bandaged monsters. In this gripping novella, the quiet world of academia collides with ancient sorcery when Edward Bellingham-eccentric Egyptologist and target of cruel pranks-decides to punish his rivals through arcane secrets buried beneath three thousand years of sand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold from the viewpoint of Bellingham's wary classmate, the story unfolds in fog-shrouded quadrangles, lamp-lit libraries, and narrow dormitory passages where something huge drags its bandaged limbs in the darkness. Each new attack leaves the university authorities baffled and the students terrified, until a desperate showdown forces reason to confront the supernatural.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis modern translation sharpens Conan Doyle's taut prose while preserving every pulse of suspense, dry wit, and period detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat You'll Discover in This Modern Translation: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA pioneering mummy tale that predates-and inspires-20th-century cinema\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn atmospheric clash of science, scholarship, and the occult\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThemes of intellectual arrogance, colonial plunder, and karmic revenge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRazor-edged pacing and an unforgettable climactic duel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConan Doyle's rarely seen gift for outright horror beyond Sherlock Holmes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDread, scholarship, and ancient wrath converge in a novella that still feels frighteningly fresh.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tim Zengerink\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1806291932\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781806291939\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Library of Alexandria\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/25\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 74\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.19d","brand":"Tim Zengerink","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48137228484863,"sku":"9781806291939","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d1166189-18d1-4aff-97d3-af8a14d158a1.jpg?v=1770167426","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lot-no-249-tim-zengerink-9781806291939","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}