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The falcon at the portal : [an Amelia Peabody mystery]

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Plucky Egyptologist Amelia Peabody must clear the name of her niece's husband while solving a series of mysterious murders.

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Main Author: Peters, Elizabeth, 1927-2013
Other Authors: Rosenblat, Barbara
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language:English
Published: Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p1999.
Series:Peters, Elizabeth, 1927-2013. Amelia Peabody series ; 11.
Subjects:
Peabody, Amelia (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Women archaeologists > Fiction.
Archaeologists > Fiction.
Egyptologists > Fiction.
Egypt > Fiction.
Adventure fiction > Egypt.
Mystery fiction > Egypt.
Mystery fiction > Sound recordings.
Audiobooks.
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Summary:Plucky Egyptologist Amelia Peabody must clear the name of her niece's husband while solving a series of mysterious murders.
Item Description:Complete and unabridged.
Physical Description:13 sound discs (15.5 hr.) : analog.
ISBN:078874206X
9780788742064
Author Notes:Barbara Mertz was born on September 29, 1927 in Astoria, Illinois. She received a bachelor's degree in 1947, a master's degree in 1950 and doctorate in Egyptology in 1952 from the University of Chicago. She wrote a few books using her real name including Temples, Tombs and Hieroglyphs (1964), Red Land, Black Land (1966), and Two Thousand Years in Rome (1968). She also wrote under the pen names Barbara Michaels and Elizabeth Peters.

She made her fiction debut, The Master of Blacktower, under the name Barbara Michaels in 1966. She wrote over two dozen novels using this pen name including Sons of the Wolf, Someone in the House, Vanish with the Rose, Dancing Floor, and Other Worlds.

Her debut novel under the pen name Elizabeth Peters was The Jackal's Head in 1968. She also wrote the Amelia Peabody series and Vicky Bliss Mystery series using this name. She died on August 8, 2013 at the age of 85.

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