Amelia Peabody is Elizabeth Peters' most brilliant and best-loved creation, a thoroughly Victorian feminist who takes the stuffy world of archaeology by storm with her shocking men's pants and no-nonsense attitude!
In this first adventure, our headstrong heroine decides to use her substantial inheritance to see the world. On her travels, she rescues a gentlewoman in distress - Evelyn Barton-Forbes - and the two become friends. The two companions continue to Egypt where they face mysteries, mummies and the redoubtable Radcliffe Emerson, an outspoken archaeologist, who doesn't need women to help him solve mysteries -- at least that's what he thinks!
'Think Miss Marple with early feminist gloss crossed with Indiana Jones... Dastardly deeds, whirlwind romances, curious mummies and all the fun and intrigue of Egyptian excavations, with a heroine who wields a sturdy parasol rather than a magnum. Accomplished entertainment.' Guardian
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
ISBN: 9781845293888
Number of pages: 320
Weight: 229 g
Dimensions: 198 x 126 x 24 mm
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
Think Miss Marple with early feminist gloss crossed with Indiana Jones... accomplished entertainment. - Guardian
Absolutely wonderful! Elizabeth Peters has created a superb character in Amelia and the tales of her adventures in Egypt are a joy to read. Crocodile on the Sandbank has drawn me in and I will now look forward to... More
I was reading this book when my father died in 2000. I had 30 pages to go when he died and it took me three weeks to finish the book. As a result I've always had a coloured perception of this book due to the... More
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