- Fiction, Amelia Peabody (Fictitious character), Women archaeologists, Archaeologists' spouses
Thirty-one-year-old Victorian gentlewoman Amelia Peabody has not only inherited her father's fortune, but she is also blessed with his strong will as well. Now she's headed for Cairo, accompanied by a girl with a tarnished past, to indulge her passion for Egyptology. Little did she know that murder and a homicidal mummy lay in wait for her.
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Classical in form, resolved, cool and effortless.
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
- cooloverwhelming
- effortlessdemanding
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Elizabeth Peters
- First published
- 1975
- Pages
- 281
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing, Coronet, Armchair Detective Library
- Editions
- 24
- Language
- French, English
- ISBN
- 9780922890385
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- Fiction
- Amelia Peabody (Fictitious character)
- Women archaeologists
- Archaeologists' spouses
- Mystery
- Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths
- Peabody, amelia (fictitious character), fiction
- Egypt, fiction
- Fiction, historical
- Women archaeologists, fiction
- Fiction in English
- Fiction, mystery & detective, general
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