The Last Camel Died at Noon - Hardcover

Peters, Elizabeth

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0446514837 ISBN 13: 9780446514835

Publisher: Warner Books, 1991

Synopsis

Victorian-era heroine Amelia Peabody embarks on an archaeological dig in Egypt with her husband, Emerson, and precocious son, Ramses, when they unwillingly involve themselves in a search for a lost explorer

About this title

About the Author:

Elizabeth Peters was born and brought up in Illinois and earned her Ph.D. in Egyptology from the University of Chicago's famed Oriental Institute. Peters was named Grand Master at the inaugural Anthony Awards in 1986 and Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America at the Edgar Awards in 1998. She lives in a historic farmhouse in western Maryland.

You can learn more at:
ameliapeabody.com

From Publishers Weekly:

If Indiana Jones were female, a wife and mother who lived in Victorian times, he would be Amelia Peabody Emerson, an archeologist whose extraordinary adventures are guaranteed entertainment. This time Amelia, her handsome, fearless husband, Radcliffe, and their precocious 11-year-old son, Ramses, are in the Sudan, searching for archeologist Willoughby Forth, who disappeared 14 years earlier with his new wife. Rescued in the desert after every camel in their caravan dies, the Emersons are taken to a lost city where ancient Egyptian customs have been carried into modern times. There, entangled in two half-brothers' battle for the throne, Amelia and family fight for the freedom of the slave class while ferreting out the fate of Forth and his bride, and arranging to escape with their lives. Peters ( The Deeds of the Disturber ), who also writes as Barbara Michaels, laces her usual intricate plotting with Amelia's commonsense approach to hygiene and manners, and coyly delicate references to vigorously enjoyed connubial pleasures. Combining a fierce affection for her family with indefatigable independence, stalwart Amelia proves once again an immensely likable heroine. 35,000 first printing; Mystery Guild selection; Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club alternate.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Warner Books
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0446514837
• ISBN 13: 9780446514835
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352