I had serious doubts about tackling the first in the "The Amelia Peabody" series. "Crocodile on the Sandbank" is a book that was in my to be read pile for years and years. So much to read and so little time do it. It was with some trepidation that I started reading it. In the first third of th...
Es gibt Fernsehserien, die schaut man nicht unbedingt wegen der Handlung, sondern wegen der Charaktere, die darin vorkommen. Elizabeth Peters "Amelia Peabody"-Serie ist das Pendant in Buchform hierzu. Es gibt schon eine Handlung, aber zu dieser fällt mir spontan nur ein dänischer Ausspruch ein: det ...
This was an enjoyable read for sure, so much that I just could not put it down until I finished it. The story set in the midst of Egypt, had quite a good amount of mystery, adventure and humor to it. And of course all the characters were equally well matched and entertaining. Especially the two mai...
Last year I started to read the Amelia Peabody series by the late Elizabeth Peters, and discovered that I liked it. In the third book in the series, the Emersons are returning to Egypt, but this time they have their young, precocious son Ramses in tow, along with the cat Bastet. Assigned a distant, ...
~~Moved from GR~~ The Mummy Case (Amelia Peabody #3) by Elizabeth Peters WARNING: do not read this novel if you plan to maintain any awe of Victorian archaeologists such as DeMorgan, Petrie, Wilbour, or Wallis Budge. After reading this book, every time you see a mention of DeMorgan's hallowed na...
This is an excellent light read, guaranteed to bring a smile to the reader’s lips and perhaps even provoke the urge to shout “Hurrah” from time to time. This was my first encounter with the redoubtable Amelia Peabody, an unmarried English gentlewoman who, having decided to use her recently inherit...
~~Moved from GR~~ Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters I've never really understood why people try to decide what books they would bring if they were trapped on a desert island, because (1) it's a little unlikely in our current issues with overpopulation, (2) even if it occurred, I suspec...
I don't remember the first time I read this book, but I read it again after it was mentioned by a friend. I just really love this book. The story, the characters, and the descriptions are all wonderful. I particularly enjoy how Elizabeth Peters stays true to the attitudes and conventions of the time...
bookshelves: series, afr-egypt, mystery-thriller, victoriana, tbr-busting-2013, summer-2013, amusing, archaeology Read from June 23 to 24, 2013 Running time 12:14:56Peters is pretty scathing about de Morgan, Petrie, Budge: Qurna: robber villageThis is singularly arch in audio form and it becomes...
This book is great fun, and the main reason is the voice and character Peters creates in the person of Amelia Peabody. Formidable doesn't begin to describe her as she barrels forward turning over any opposition to her will. But you can't help liking Amelia, I think because of her own self-deprecatio...
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