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by Elizabeth Peters (Author)
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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Robinson Publishing (29 Jun 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1845293878
  • ISBN-13: 978-1845293871
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 13 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
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"* 'I can't wait for the next Peabody story... I really do think [Elizabeth Peters'] books are great entertainment.' Angela Ripon * '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"

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Join our plucky Victorian Egyptologist, together with her devastatingly handsome and brilliant husband Radcliffe, in another exciting escapade. When Lady Baskerville's husband Sir Henry dies after discovering what may have been an undisturbed royal tomb in Luxor, she appeals to eminent archaeologist Radcliffe Emerson and his wife Amelia to take over the excavation. Amid rumours of a curse haunting all those involved with the dig, the intrepid couple proceeds to Egypt, where they begin to suspect that Sir Henry did not die a natural death, and they are confident that the accidents that plague the dig are caused by a sinister human element, not a pharoah's curse.
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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Fast-paced and funny, 11 Jun 2003
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The Victorianesque language slips from time to time, but this is grand rollicking adventure, full of in-jokes for those with a knowledge of Egyptology or of the history and literature of the period it deals with.
The blurb has got one of these wrong: it's not Sir Henry Baskerville who has died, but Lord Baskerville "of the Norfolk Baskervilles, not the Devonshire branch of the family" - that is, a distant cousin of Doyle's Sir Henry. He's not the only Sherlock Holmes character to be referenced - there's a Von Bork here, and a Charles Milverton, both very different people from their villainous namesakes but a joy for a Holmes fan to read about.
Anyway, these people inhabit a gloriously silly plot which has been uncharitably but not altogether unjustifiably compared to a Victorian-era Scooby Doo, with fake ghosts, a mummy's curse and a long-lost heir. Melodramatic? Yes. Implausible? Certainly. Tremendous fun? Undoubtedly.
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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Peters 2nd novel of Amelia 's adventures is a riot !!!!!, 10 Jun 2001
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Peters brings back Amelia & Emerson in the second volume of their adventures...again we are privileged to watch the Emersons in action...they abandon domesticity and young "Ramses" to rush to Egypt to help a damsel in distress...explain numerous unexplained deaths...debunk "the curse of the pharaohs"...and have a wonderful time doing it!!Amelia's passion for antiquities and pyramids as well as excavations puts us in the midst of a bizarre as well as entertaining cast of characters including a bluff rich american,a lord in disguise,a german with a formidable moustache,a veiled "woman in white" and much much more...as ever tombs and treasures muddy the waters...but Amelia's "detectival" instincts and ever-present parasol lead the way through an amazing maze of eygptology and good old human greed...Peters gift for creating lively multi-faceted characters is as ever entertaining as well as compulsive...of course Peters ability to follow the Emersons and their fascinating lives through Victorian England and Egypt including a pithy political history of the times is what makes this series of books so unlike run of the mill mysteries...for true fans following the chronological series is a MUST !!!!!!
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous!, 23 Feb 2002
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After reading "Crocodile on the Sandbank" I was concerned that I wouldn't enjoy this as much, but it's great fun. It whizzes through at a great pace, taking in the sights and sounds of Luxor, Egypt. Amelia remains unchanged after her marriage to Emerson and the birth of Rameses, and still insists on being flung head first into every crisis. The characters are well written and the whole story is a delight. Despite being able to work out who-dunnit early on I wanted to read on and theres a satisfactory conclusion
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5.0 out of 5 stars Egyptology as it should be!
I have read the other reviews and you will have no problem guessing which ones I agree with. I love this book, it is one of my favourites in the series. Read more
Published 11 months ago by lynne clifford

5.0 out of 5 stars Back to the Valley of Tombs
This book finds our heroine Amelia Peabody married to the archeologist she met in Crocodile on the Sandbank. Read more
Published on 2 Jan 2008 by Marion Marchetto

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing
While I loved - LOVED - the first book in this series, I'm afraid that this one nowhere near lived up to it.

I think its main problem was sequelitis. Read more
Published on 11 Sep 2007 by Ms. MacNeill

5.0 out of 5 stars Archaeology in Ancient Egypt

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
Published on 16 Jun 2007 by J. Chippindale

5.0 out of 5 stars The Emersons are perfectly splendid!
This is the second in the peabody series and I loved it. Its so lovely to see the character of amelia develop after all she hasnt described herself to us as much as she has... Read more
Published on 14 April 2007 by Patricia A. Mclaughlin

5.0 out of 5 stars 2nd in the amelia peabody series
Married to Emerson (very happily!) and with a young baby, Amelia thinks her excavating days are over. Read more
Published on 7 Jan 2007 by Roman Clodia

3.0 out of 5 stars A good read.

I'm not a reader of murder mystery books usually, but I found this one captivating due to its very strong and real characters - along with the immense humour and wit in... Read more
Published on 31 May 2006 by FAMOUS NAME

5.0 out of 5 stars Praise for Amelia Peabody! Indiana Jones, watch out!
Elizabeth Peters wrote this amazing novel with her usual genius and bubbling enthusiasm. My tremendous acclaiming to her as a master crime fictionist is unduly deserved. Read more
Published on 8 July 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic!
This is the first Elizabeth Peters book I have ever read. I found her characters to be very funny and well written. MS. Read more
Published on 1 July 1999

1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing
The plot line was painfully predictable, the characters underdeveloped, and the egotism of the heroine unreal and unbearable. The editor, if there was one, was asleep. Read more
Published on 3 May 1999

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