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Following Peabody, her husband Radcliffe Emerson, and their entourage around Egypt is dramatic, full of mystery, danger, fabulous finds, and, of course, romance. Strange visitations, suspicious accidents, and a botched kidnapping convince Amelia that there is a plot afoot to harm Evelyn. : Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, Book 1): 9781455572359: Peters, Elizabeth: Books. Countless people have been introduced to Egyptological fieldwork through the writings of Elizabeth Peters in her 19-volume Amelia Peabody Egyptology mystery series. Soon their little party is increased by one - one mummy, that is, and a singularly lively example of the species. After her debut in 1909, she studied sculpture at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts under Charles Grafly and became an accomplished sculptress, horsewoman, farm owner and breeder, and philanthropist.
Peabody, a partner in the investment house of Kidder, Peabody. No woman really wants a man to carry her off she only wants him to want to do it. They disembark at an archaeological site run by the Emerson brothers - the irascible, but dashing, Radcliffe and the amiable Walter. Amelia Peabody Amelia Peabody was born in 1890, the daughter of Frank E. Quotes tagged as 'amelia-peabody' Showing 1-17 of 17. With a typical disregard for convention, Amelia promptly hires her fellow countrywoman as a companion and takes her to Cairo.Įluding Alberto, Evelyn's former lover, who wants her back, and Evelyn's cousin, Lord Ellesmere, who wishes to marry her, the two women sail up the Nile. On her way, Amelia rescues young Evelyn Barton-Forbes, who has been "ruined" and abandoned on the streets of Rome by her rascally lover. Amelia Peabody, that indomitable product of the Victorian age, embarks on her first Egyptian adventure armed with unshakable self-confidence, a journal to record her thoughts, and, of course, a sturdy umbrella.
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