Crocodile on the Sandbank

ISBN 10 : 1439550409 ISBN 13 : 9781439550403

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Revue de presse :

Amelia Peabody is a force to be reckoned with, a female Indiana Jones of the late-19th century. Setting out on her travels in Crocodile on the Sandbank, aged 32, clutching her journal and parasol, she is determined to see the real Egypt. In Rome, she recruits Evelyn, a young aristocratic English girl who has been cruelly abandoned by her Italian lover, as a companion, and the pair sail up the Nile, into the middle of a dastardly plot. The second volume of Amelia's adventures, The Falcon at the Portal, takes place nearly three decades later, after she has married an archaeologist and their son has grown up. This time the adventure centres on fake artefacts, a mysterious murder and a series of unexplained accidents. All good ingredients for crime thrillers, and these two are gripping. (Kirkus UK)

The period setting Miss Peters uses this time is to her advantage since she always was more then than now, and this follows in the intrepid footsteps of Miss Amelia Peabody (maiden lady) and the young woman (ex-maiden traduced) she salvages as they trip through the tombs of Egypt. With an archaeologist and some assorted others and a mummy who keeps appearing and disappearing. Here and there you might almost suspect that Miss Peters is twitting the category - in any case it's still loweroglyphics for those who barely read - anything better. --Kirkus Reviews

Biographie de l'auteur :

Elizabeth Peters was born and brought up in Illinois and earned her Ph.D. in Egyptology from the University of Chicago's famed Oriental Institute. Peters was named Grand Master at the inaugural Anthony Awards in 1986 and Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America at the Edgar Awards in 1998. She lives in a historic farmhouse in western Maryland.

You can learn more at:
ameliapeabody.com

À propos de cette édition

• ISBN 10: 1439550409
• ISBN 13: 9781439550403
• Reliure: Belle reliure