The Golden One (Amelia Peabody, #14)
It is New Year's Eve, 1917. Risking winter storms and German torpedoes, the Emersons are heading for Egypt once again: Amelia, Emerson, their son Ramses and his wife Nefret. Emerson is counting on a long season of excavation without distractions but this proves to be a forlorn hope. Yet again...
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It is New Year's Eve, 1917. Risking winter storms and German torpedoes, the Emersons are heading for Egypt once again: Amelia, Emerson, their son Ramses and his wife Nefret. Emerson is counting on a long season of excavation without distractions but this proves to be a forlorn hope. Yet again they unearth a dead body in a looted tomb.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781845295615 (1845295617)
Pages no: 480
Edition language: English
Category:
Adventure,
Humor,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Mystery,
Historical Mystery,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Cozy Mystery,
Egypt
Series: Amelia Peabody (#14)
Let me just say that Elizabeth Peters aka Barbara Michaels/Mertz is one of my all time favorite authors! I absolutely love all of her books but this series is my most favorite because of its ancient Egypt and archaeology theme. Plus I fell in love with Amelia Peabody and her family from book one. It...
Nothing particularly new or earth-shattering but I'm not a glommer so I'm OK with a formula when that formula works for me. Reading an Amelia Peabody book is like meeting with old friends. If your friends are spies and dashing archeologists in the Egyptian desert circa WWI. There are nefarious to...