Tomb of the Golden Bird

Zusatztext "[A] grand adventure." Informationen zum Autor Elizabeth Peters earned her Ph.D. in Egyptology from the University of Chicago’s famed Oriental Institute. During her fifty-year career, she wrote more than seventy novels and three nonfiction books on Egypt. She received numerous writing awards and, in 2012, was given the first Amelia Peabody Award, created in her honor. She died in 2013, leaving a partially completed manuscript of The Painted Queen . Klappentext Banned forever from the eastern end of the Valley of the Kings, eminent Egyptologist Radcliffe Emerson's desperate attempt to regain digging rights backfires—and his dream of unearthing the tomb of the little-known king Tutankhamon is dashed. Now Emerson, his archaeologist wife, Amelia Peabody, and their family must watch from the sidelines as Lord Carnarvon and Howard Carter "discover" the greatest Egyptian treasure of all time. But the Emersons' own less impressive excavations are interrupted when father and son Ramses are lured into a trap by a strange group of villains ominously demanding answers to a question neither man comprehends. And it will fall to the ever-intrepid Amelia to protect her endangered family—and perhaps her nemesis as well—from a devastating truth hidden uncomfortably close to home . . . and from a nefarious plot that threatens the peace of the entire region. Zusammenfassung Banned forever from the eastern end of the Valley of the Kings! eminent Egyptologist Radcliffe Emerson's desperate attempt to regain digging rights backfires—and his dream of unearthing the tomb of the little-known king Tutankhamon is dashed. Now Emerson! his archaeologist wife! Amelia Peabody! and their family must watch from the sidelines as Lord Carnarvon and Howard Carter "discover" the greatest Egyptian treasure of all time. But the Emersons' own less impressive excavations are interrupted when father and son Ramses are lured into a trap by a strange group of villains ominously demanding answers to a question neither man comprehends. And it will fall to the ever-intrepid Amelia to protect her endangered family—and perhaps her nemesis as well—from a devastating truth hidden uncomfortably close to home . . . and from a nefarious plot that threatens the peace of the entire region. ...

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Elizabeth Peters, Peters Elizabeth
• Edition: Harper Collins Usa
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Poche format A
• Sortie: 27.03.2007
• EAN: 9780060591816
• ISBN: 978-0-06-059181-6
• Pages: 540
• Dimensions: 106 mm x 191 mm x 38 mm
• Thèmes: Amelia Peabody; Amelia Peabody Series; Amelia Peabody; Amelia Peabody Series
• Catégories: Littérature > Suspense; Romantic suspense, Thriller / suspense fiction, Historical crime and mysteries, Crime and mystery: women sleuths, Classic crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Crime and mystery: cosy mystery, FICTION: Thrillers / Historical, FICTION: Thrillers / Suspense, FICTION: Thrillers / Crime, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Historical, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths, FICTION: Romance / Suspense, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Cozy / General, FICTION: Mystery & Detective / Traditional, FICTION: Romance / Historical / Ancient World