Children of the Storm - Softcover

Peters, Elizabeth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1841198277 ISBN 13: 9781841198279

Publisher: Robinson Publishing, 2004

Synopsis

At last the Great War is over. Amelia, her distinguished Egyptologist husband, Emerson, and their extended family are preparing for another season of excavation in Egypt. To everyone's great joy their son, Ramses, and his wife, Nefret, have become parents. Amelia, enjoying her role of fond (yet firm) grandmother, hopes that for once, this will be a quiet year with Ramses no longer undertaking perilous missions for British intelligence and no old enemies on their trail.\n\nA folorn hope! Past dangers cast shadows across the seemingly peaceful present, and a new adversary - unlike any Amelia has ever encountered - will chart a course that puts her beloved family directly in the path of destruction.

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About the Author

Elizabeth Peters is a prolific and successful author with over fifty novels to her credit. She is internationally renowned for her mystery stories, especially those featuring Amelia Peabody, her Victorian lady-sleuth whom the Philadelphia Inquirer calls 'the most potent female force to hit Egypt since Cleopatra!' Elizabeth Peters lives in the USA.

From Publishers Weekly

A fast-moving, intrigue-filled plot propels MWA Grand Master Peters's 15th novel (after 2002's The Golden One) to feature beloved archeologist and amateur sleuth Amelia Peabody Emerson. The end of WWI offers Amelia, now a grandmother, and her family little respite when mysterious events start to plague friends, allies and coworkers. One person dies after suddenly turning to religion, while others fall victim to sabotage. Valuable artifacts go missing, and Amelia's son Ramses is lured into a bizarre encounter with a woman who appears to be the living embodiment of the goddess Hathor. Given the growing unrest against British rule in Egypt, Amelia has to wonder if politics are behind the strange occurrences. In addition, the clan has made many enemies over the course of their adventures. While the preface does a good job of outlining the characters and their complicated connections, the previous 14 novels covered a lot of ground that new readers will find challenging to master. Nonetheless, this is an enjoyable read in its own right, powered by evocative depictions of 1919 Egypt and the engaging voice of Amelia herself-a bright, independent woman, who relishes her role as family matriarch. Her affectionate, give-and-take relationship with her Egyptologist husband, Emerson, continues to enchant.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Robinson Publishing
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1841198277
• ISBN 13: 9781841198279
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320