A River in the Sky [electronic resource] : Amelia Peabody Series, Book 19
Peters, Elizabeth2010
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1910. Having brought Egypt firmly under her thumb, Amelia Peabody turns her attention to a harder challenge: Palestine, a province of the crumbling, corrupt Ottoman Empire and the Holy Land of three religions. Hearing that Morley, an English adventurer, has raised money to mount an expedition to search for the vanished treasures of the Temple in Jerusalem, Emerson and Amelia are persuaded to go after him in order to prevent a catastrophically inept excavation and the possibility of armed protest by the infuriated members of all three religions who view the Dome of the Rock as sacred. The War Office is concerned about increasing German influence in Palestine and insists that Morley is secretly working for German intelligence. Emerson doesn't believe it, but could he be mistaken? In the meantime, their son Ramses has been working on a dig at Samaria, north of Jerusalem, where he encounters an unusual party of travellers. One is a female German archaeologist, and the other a mysterious man of unknown nationality and unknown past. Ramses's insatiable curiosity leads him to a startling discovery about the pair. He must now pass the information on to his parents in Jerusalem -- but only if he can get there alive... Praise for the Amelia Peabody series: 'I can't wait for the next Peabody story... I really do think [Elizabeth Peters'] books are great entertainment.' Angela Rippon 'A writer so popular that the public library has to keep her books under lock and key.' Washington Post Book World 'The most potent female force to hit Egypt since Cleopatra.' Philadelphia Enquirer 'Think Miss Marple with early feminist gloss crossed with Indiana Jones... accomplished entertainment' Guardian
Main title:
A River in the Sky [electronic resource] : Amelia Peabody Series, Book 19 / Elizabeth Peters
Author:
Peters, Elizabeth, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Little, Brown Book Group, 2010
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Series:
Amelia Peabody
System details:
Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
Elizabeth Peters is a pen name of Barbara Mertz, who earned her Ph.D. in Egyptology from the University of Chicago's famed Oriental Institute. Over the course of her fifty-year career she wrote more than seventy mystery and suspense novels, and three nonfiction books on Egypt. She was the recipient of numerous writing awards, including grandmaster and lifetime achievement awards from the Mystery Writers of America, Malice Domestic, and Bouchercon. In 2012 she was given the first Amelia Peabody Award, created in her honor, at the Malice Domestic convention. She died in 2013, leaving a partially completed manuscript of The Painted Queen.
Awards:
Grand Master Award (Mystery Writers of America)Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award Winner - Best Book (Romantic Times BOOKreviews Magazine)The New York Times Best Seller List (The New York Times)
ISBN:
9781849014557
Language:
English
BRN:
2756130
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