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Paperback. Pub Date: 2005 Publisher: Harper New York Times bestselling the master of withsuspense Elizabeth Peters-ings an exotic world of adventure. Intrigue to and danger to vivid for life in a tale as powerful as Ancient Egypt at The Emersons have returned to the Valley of the Kings in 1922 and Amelia Peabody and her family look forward to delving once more into the age-old mysteries buried in Egypt's ever-shifting sands. But a widow's strange story - and even stranger request - is about to plunge them into a storm of secrets. treachery. and murder. The woman. a well-known author. has come bearing an ill-gotten treasure - a golden likeness of a forgotten king - which she claims is cursed. She insists it has taken the life of her husband and unless it is returned to the tomb from which it was stolen. more people will die. Amelia and her clan resolve to uncover the secrets ...
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I really do think Elizabeth Peters (books are great entertainment.' Angela Rippon)
The most potent female force to hit Egypt since Cleopatra! (Philadelphia Inquirer)
If Indiana Jones were female, a wife and mother who lived in Victorian times, he would be Amelia Peabody. (Publishers Weekly)
A writer so popular that the public library has to keep her books under lock and key. (Washington Post Book World)
I can't wait for the next Peabody story... I really do think [Elizabeth Peters'] books are great entertainment. (Angela Rippon)
Think Miss Marple with early feminist gloss crossed with Indiana Jones... accomplished entertainment.' (Guardian)
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The most potent female force to hit Egypt since Cleopatra! (Philadelphia Inquirer)
If Indiana Jones were female, a wife and mother who lived in Victorian times, he would be Amelia Peabody. (Publishers Weekly)
A writer so popular that the public library has to keep her books under lock and key. (Washington Post Book World)
I can't wait for the next Peabody story... I really do think [Elizabeth Peters'] books are great entertainment. (Angela Rippon)
Think Miss Marple with early feminist gloss crossed with Indiana Jones... accomplished entertainment.' (Guardian)
In autumn 1921, with the world at peace, the Emersons are enjoying a busy period of excavation in Egypt. But their digging turns to detecting when they hear a tale of a man's mysterious death. The widow is convinced her husband was the victim of a curse, and implores the Emersons to return the small "deadly" statue that killed him to the tomb.
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- PublisherHarperAudio
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 0060760133
- ISBN 13 9780060760137
- BindingAudio CD
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