In November 1922, the world was mesmerized by news of an astonishing historical find in Egypt's legendary Valley of Kings: the discovery of the tomb of the Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun. George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, was an Egyptologist and noted antiquities collector, and he accompanied Howard Carter into this sacred space. Drawing on Highclere Castle's archives, the present-day Countess of Carnarvon pays homage to her ancestor, chronicling his privileged life and battle with debt, his love affairs and his passion for Egypt.