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Guardian of the horizon

As Amelia and Radcliffe discuss possible sites for excavation, an astonishing visitor appears at their door. In ancient Egyptian dress, he is Prince Merasen, who has traveled thousands of miles for aid. Years ago his brother Tarek rescued the Emerson's adopted daughter from captivity in the Los...

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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, p2004.
Edition: Unabridged.
Subjects:
Peabody, Amelia (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Women archaeologists > Fiction.
Mystery fiction > Egypt.
Summary: As Amelia and Radcliffe discuss possible sites for excavation, an astonishing visitor appears at their door. In ancient Egyptian dress, he is Prince Merasen, who has traveled thousands of miles for aid. Years ago his brother Tarek rescued the Emerson's adopted daughter from captivity in the Lost Oasis. Now Tarek is king of that land, and his young son is deathly ill from a strange sickness. Radcliffe must go to the Lost Oasis and save the boy at any cost.
Physical Description: 13 sound discs (14.75 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Issued also on cassette.
ISBN: 1402574800 :
9781402574801
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.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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