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A river in the sky

It's 1910 and archaeologist Amelia Peabody heads for Palenstine hoping to prevent an English adventurer called Morely from causing damage during his search for the vanished treasures of the Temple in Jerusalem. The War Office fears increasing German influence in Palenstine and insists Morley is...

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Main Author: Peters, Elizabeth, 1927-2013.
Corporate Authors: Recorded Books, LLC.
Other Authors: Rosenblat, Barbara. (Narrator)
Format: Audiobooks eAudiobook Downloads eAudiobook
Language: English
Published: Bath : Oakhill Publishing Limited, 2010.
Edition: Unabridged.
Series: Amelia Peabody.
Subjects:
Archaeologists > Fiction.
Jerusalem > Fiction.
Downloadable audio books.
Mystery fiction.
Online Access: Go to Downloadable Audiobook Here.
Summary: It's 1910 and archaeologist Amelia Peabody heads for Palenstine hoping to prevent an English adventurer called Morely from causing damage during his search for the vanished treasures of the Temple in Jerusalem. The War Office fears increasing German influence in Palenstine and insists Morley is working for German intelligence. In the meantime, her son Ramses is working on a dig at Samaria where he encounters a female German archaeologist, and a mysterious man of unknown nationality and unknown past. Ramses' curiosity leads him to a startling discovery about the pair. He must pass the information on to his parents in Jerusalem but can he get there alive?
Item Description: Unabridged.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (9 audio files) : digital
Playing Time: 10::0:5:
Format: Requires OverDrive Listen (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive app (file size: 284553 KB).
ISBN: 9780857351265
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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