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Lädt ... Tomb of the Golden Bird (Amelia Peabody #18) (2012. Auflage)von Elizabeth Peters
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Synopsis: 'The year is 1922, and renowned archaeologists Amelia Peabody Emerson and her irascible husband, known simply as Emerson, have arrived at their home in the Valley of the Kings, eager to follow up on their discovery of the year before. Emerson has always suspected a specific mound as the tomb site, but since strict international laws dictate where an archaeologist can work, any discovery must be credited to the license holder of the area. Much to Emerson's dismay and frustration, the rights to the site belong to an aging antiquities collector, Lord Carnarvon, who is purported to be giving up his rights to the site. Emerson longs to attain the license, but Carnarvon decides to give his expedition one more year, so Emerson can do nothing but look on in envy. He succeeds in insulting the chief excavator to the extent that he and his group are banned from the site. That does not keep the industrious group from finding ingenious ways to enter the tomb. Meanwhile, the treacherous Sethos, Emerson's secret agent half-brother, becomes an unwelcome guest at the villa. He arrives in the deep of night, suffering from malaria and carrying a stolen encoded message from a band of political revolutionaries that he hopes Ramses, a code specialist, can unravel. The Middle East is in turmoil at the end of World War I, and Iraq and Egypt are still ruled by kings. Revolutionary forces from all sides, funded by wealthy industrialists with a thirst for oil, are attracting local thugs to do their dirty work, and Sethos, as usual, is in the thick of it. Perhaps the most political of Amelia's adventures, this book offers delightful insights into the opening and cataloging of the tons of gold and antiquities from the glorious tomb of King Tut. The discovery of this tomb signals the beginning of the end of the great explorations in the Valley of the Kings. The auto is supplanting donkeys and horses as transportation. Electric lights erase the shadows from tombs once lit by torches. It is the end of one era and the beginning of another. The first salvos are being fired in the unrest that, to this day, embroils that part of the world in relentless wars. Review: I hate that this is the end of the series. However we are led to believe that Peabody and Emerson are getting back on The Amelia to sail into the future and more adventures. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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HTML: In New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Peters's eagerly anticipated Amelia Peabody adventure, the Emerson clan is a hairsbreadth away from unearthing the legendary site they've been searching for. But a sinister plot and a dark family secret stand in the way of their ultimate ambition â?? and threaten to change things forever. . . . Convinced that the tomb of the little-known king Tutankhamon lies somewhere in the Valley of the Kings, Egyptologist Radcliffe Emerson and his wife, Amelia Peabody, seem to have hit a wall. Emerson has tried desperately to persuade Lord Carnarvon and Howard Carter to relinquish their digging rights. But Emerson's trickery has backfired, and his insistent interest in the site has made his rivals all the more determined to keep the Emerson clan away. The family returns to Luxor and watches from the sidelines as Carter and Carnarvon "discover" King Tut's tomb. But before their own excavation can get underway, Emerson and his son, Ramses, find themselves lured into a trap by a strange group of villains demanding "Where is he?" The Emersons embark on a quest to uncover who "he" is and why "he" must be found, only to discover the answer is uncomfortably close to home. Now Amelia must find a way to protect her family â?? and perhaps even her would-be nemesis â?? from the forces that will stop at nothing to succeed in the nefarious plot that threatens the peace of the entire region. Filled with heart-stopping suspense, and Amelia Peabody's trademark wit and wisdom, Tomb of the Golden Bird is the latest thrilling installment from the beloved "Grand Dame of historical mystery" (Washington Po Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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The Emersons are busy with problems of their own when Sethos shows up fighting a bout of malaria and trailing villains who want to recover an encrypted note that he stole. When David arrives from England, he gets involved in the same issues that he was involved with as a younger man: encouraging Egyptian independence from the British, it looks like both David and Sethos are dealing with different aspects of the same plot.
There are a series of threats but not murders in this episode ruining the Emerson's murder-a-season record. The threats seem rather half-hearted and include kidnapping and then releasing the Emerson's butler among other sorts of nuisance threats.
One plot point concerns whether or not Sethos has really reformed and also deals with his relationship with his wife Margaret. Ramses isn't at all sure that Sethos's reformation is real since he could easily have arranged the threats without breaking his word to Amelia to leave the family alone.
I will miss the Peabody/Emersons. I wish that I could watch the grandchildren grow up past the age of six. I greatly enjoyed this series which was filled with interesting archaeological details and characters who will live forever in my memory. ( )