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  • Mass Market Paperback: 464 pages
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0380798573
  • ISBN-13: 978-0380798575
  • Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.7 x 3.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
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Arriving in Egypt in 1911 for their annual archaeological excavation, Amelia and her family are stunned when her niece's husband, David, is accused of selling fake Egyptian artifacts, a case that soon becomes complicated by charges of drug dealing, moralmisconduct, and murder.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars You know a book is good when you get mad at the characters ., 15 Jun 1999
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This review is from: Falcon at the Portal (Amelia Peabody Mysteries) (Hardcover)
...and want to shake some sense into them. Part of the appeal of the Amelia Peabody mysteries is that after reading the preceding books in the series the characters become so real that you begin to feel that you know them personally - and, like Amelia, long to give them the benefit of your own wisdom and experience. Accordingly, Falcon at the Portal is, in turn, appealing, appalling, frustrating, maddening, and thoroughly enjoyable. And as always, it is an education in Egyptology and the modern history of the region. Presumably Ms. Peters knows where she is going with all this. At this book's close she has them on the eve of WW1. What next?
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars I can't believe I found this!, 21 May 2007
By Nadia Al Hazmi (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Falcon at the Portal (Paperback)
Ok, ok... I bought this book by chance in a bookstore in London that had the infamous '3 for 2' deal that always gets me into trouble! Desperate not to let a good deal go, I grabbed the first book I found on the shelf, and it was 'The Falcon at the Portal' by Elizabeth Peters. The book stayed on my shelf for nearly a year, every time I picked it up I thought it might be a bit 'silly' seing how it dealt with Egypt and archeologists... Thinking it might be a disappointing literary exercise, I let the months drag on. But finally, a few weeks ago, I started reading.
Let me dissipate any doubts, the book is exquisitely written. I like verbose books, I like to swim in clear and engaging language and Elizabeth Peters writes in a manner that seems inherited from 19th century English literature! She has a good prose, I never got bored, not even when she described archeological terms and endavours in detail. The characters are so appealing, each with his/her own very loud particulars and the story is beautifully weaved around romance, mystery and murder! I believe that being able to engage the reader on all these levels, language, characters and plot, is a very rare talent indeed in these times! One is usually sacrificed for the other, but Peters seems to be able to perfect them all!
I couldn't put the book down, and that is a 5 star to me. I am definitely purchasing the whole series... I feel like someone who just won the jackpot!!!
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2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars I looooved this book. Cannnot wait for the next one., 14 Jun 1999
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This review is from: Falcon at the Portal (Amelia Peabody Mysteries) (Hardcover)
I really loved this book. I am a fairly new fan, as I have just made a full perusal of the series in about two weeks, and am starting on an- other. This one was quite an emotional roller coa- ster ride, especially for Ramses and Nefret. I do hope that Avon Books would find a reason for put- ting the release date of the next book in the ser- ies ahead just a bit. I want to know just what is going to happen with those two.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Eleventh Book in a Wonderful Series

Elizabeth Peters was born and brought up in Illinois and earned her Ph.D. in Egyptology from the University of Chicago's famed Oriental Institute. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Peabody & Emerson adventuring again
Denied the chance to dig in the Valley of the Kings. The Emerson family with additions tackle a grave yard. Read more
Published on 22 Oct 1999

4.0 out of 5 stars Amelia Peabody is back again in this exciting mystery.
The irrepressable Amelia is once again on the trail of the master criminal and their mutual attraction is the cause of much confusion. Read more
Published on 27 Aug 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Absorbing but occasionally heartrending.
Elizabeth Peters' skills as a writer, not exactly paltry to begin with, have grown over the course of the Amelia Peabody books. Read more
Published on 14 Jun 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Please lock her in her office until the next one is finished
What a great read. I was so disappointed with the last Barbara Michaels books that my usual impatience for a new Peters book--particularly an Amelia book--was greater than... Read more
Published on 14 Jun 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Life gets even more complicated for the Emersons
Some reviews have already given away too much, so I don't think that I will summarize the book any further. Read more
Published on 12 Jun 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Surprising plot twists, and very, very funny.
After 9 books in the series, I was worried this one might not live up to my expectations. But it is one of the best, with the usual cast of characters, and with my all time... Read more
Published on 12 Jun 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars I couldn't put this down!
I read this book in about six hours. I love what Peters' is doing with Manuscript H and assorted letters and "books" in fleshing out her novel. Read more
Published on 12 Jun 1999

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