- Amelia Peabody (Fictitious character), Fiction, Women archaeologists, Mystery and detective stories
Radcliffe Emerson, the irascible husband of fellow archaeologist and Egyptologist Amelia Peabody, has earned the nickname "Father of Curses" -- and at Mazghunah he demonstrates why.
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Classical in form, resolved, unpretentious and plot-driven.
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
- unpretentiousprestige
- character-ledplot-driven
- effortlessdemanding
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About the book
- Author
- Elizabeth Peters
- First published
- 1985
- Pages
- 320
- Publisher
- Congdon & Weed, Distributed by St. Martin's Press, G.K. Hall
- Editions
- 26
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781841192154
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First sentence
“I never meant to marry.”
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