# Sphinx

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![Sphinx](https://quivercdn.com/covers/vintage/alexander-mccall-smith/sphinx_978-05-9368-547-1.jpg?v=2026-06-04%2015%3A59%3A47)

- Book: [Sphinx](https://www.bookquiver.com/alexander-mccall-smith/sphinx) ([Sphinx.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/alexander-mccall-smith/sphinx.md))
- Authors: [Alexander McCall Smith](https://www.bookquiver.com/alexander-mccall-smith)
- Publisher: Vintage
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-05-9368-547-1
- Published: 2022-10-11
- Language: en_US
- Binding: E-book

## Description

In this short story from Alexander McCall Smith’s Pianos and Flowers, inspired by a photograph from the Times of London archive, a young woman finds unexpected love while perusing Egyptian antiquities....