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Could Rider Haggard's wildly popular 1887 novel about a savage, two-thousand-year-old virgin queen hidden away in deepest Africa be based upon a true story?

And has "She-who-must-be-obeyed" been reincarnated as a beautiful young woman in Victorian London? A popular "nerve doctor" seems to think so, but Holmes and his cousin Henry Vernier must investigate this and other puzzles. A mania for ancient Egypt has captivated London, and recently, the mummy of one of Ramses II's royal queens has been stolen from the British Museum. The secretive, magical and hermetic society known as the Temple of Thoth may play a part in these intrigues. Perhaps, too, the ancient dead have thrust themselves into the present through some dark influence and the power of reincarnation. Holmes must unravel the mysteries before a fateful ceremony upon the night of the full moon and the autumnal equinox. This is the tenth book with Holmes and Vernier.