- Fiction, Amelia Peabody (Fictitious character), Women archaeologists, Egyptologists
No villain is safe in 1903 Egypt as feisty archaeologist Amelia Peabody embarks on her ninth adventure.According to an ancient Egyptian papyrus, dreaming of a large cat means good luck.
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Classical in form, resolved, unpretentious and effortless.
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
- unpretentiousprestige
- effortlessdemanding
- character-ledplot-driven
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- Author
- Elizabeth Peters
- First published
- 1997
- Pages
- 472
- Publisher
- C & R Press, Chivers Press, Warner books
- Editions
- 12
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781841194868
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“Really," I said, "Cairo is becoming overrun with tourist these days-and many of them no better than they should be! I am sorry to see so fine a hotel as Shepheard's allowing those male persons to hang about the entrance making eyes at the lady guests.”
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