Crocodile on the sandbank
Amelia Peabody, a Victorian gentlewoman of 32, inherited two things from her father: his fortune and a formidable self-confidence. The first permitted her to pursue her keen interest in Egyptology. And the second proved very useful when she takes in a young woman on her way to an archaeological expe...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Grand Central Publishing,
2013.
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| Series: | Peters, Elizabeth, 1927-2013. Amelia Peabody series ;
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| Summary: | Amelia Peabody, a Victorian gentlewoman of 32, inherited two things from her father: his fortune and a formidable self-confidence. The first permitted her to pursue her keen interest in Egyptology. And the second proved very useful when she takes in a young woman on her way to an archaeological expedition in Egypt--a young woman that quickly becomes the target of a kidnapping attempt--as well as a host of complications for Amelia herself. |
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| Physical Description: | 337 pages |
| ISBN: | 9781455572359 1455572357 9780445406513 0445406518 |
| Author Notes: | 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) |
