Lion in the Valley (An Amelia Peabody Mystery)
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| Rating | : | 4.26 (559 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1441735887 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 348 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-10-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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. She was named Grand Master at the inaugural Anthony Awards in 1986 and Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America in 1998. ELIZABETH PETERS, (pseudonym for Barbara Mertz), whose New York Times best-selling novels are often set against historical backdrops, earned a Ph.D. In 2003, she received the
Bursting with surprises, a sheer delight. --Philadelphia Enquirer . --Publishers WeeklyPeters really knows how to spin romance and adventure into a mystery
The long-denied permission to dig at the pyramids of Dahshoor has finally been granted, and the much-coveted burial chamber of the Black Pyramid is now theirs for the exploring. But it is far more than ill-gotten riches that motivate the man known as Sethos. The 1895-96 season promises to be an exceptional one for Amelia Peabody, her dashing Egyptologist husband, Radcliffe Emerson, and their precocious (some might say rambunctious) eight-year-old son, Ramses. The evil genius has a score to settle with the meddling lady archaeologist who has sworn to deliver him to justice and he's got her dead-on in his sights. Before the young family exchanges the relative comfort of Cairo for the more rudimentary quarters near the excavation site, they engage a young Englishman, Donald Fraser, as a tutor and companion for Ramses, and Amelia takes a wayward young woman, Enid Debenham, under her protective wing. But there is danger and deception in the wind that blows across the hot Egyptian sands. Replete with edge-of-the-seat suspense and scrupulous archaeological and historical detail
SouthCountryMom said I truly enjoy this series. I am now on book five of this series and have enjoyed them all to a "five-star" degree! The author, Elizabeth Peters, and her husband are/were Egyptologists and archaeologists. These books, written in the 70s, are set in the mid to late 1800s and early 1900s when archaeology was just beginning in Egypt. Ms. Peters has researched the culture and speech for the tim. "Read this series! Really." according to cheryllynn. Elizabeth Peters was one of the great novelists of the twentieth century. She was formally trained in archaeology and so could be counted on to be accurate in her story weaving of Egypt in the late 1800's. She didn't need to be graphic to keep her readers spell bound. It seemed that no matter how many of her books I had already read, she continued to surprise me . Interesting seeing all three Emersons contribute. ARG The Emersons, including Ramses, have returned to Egypt this time excavating the pyramids they wanted last year- the one they had to be rescued from after the Master Criminal trapped them. Amelia is getting gifts from the Master Criminal while trying to right the course of some young people's lives. More exciting drama than usual. Interesting seeing all three Emer