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New York Times Bestseller
From New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Peters comes one of her most baffling and intriguing mysteries in her phenomenally popular Amelia Peabody series.
August 1910. Banned from the Valley of the Kings, Amelia Peabody and husband Emerson are persuaded to follow would-be archaeologist Major George Morley on an expedition to Palestine. Somewhere in this province of the corrupt, crumbling Ottoman Empire–the Holy Land of three religions–Morley is determined to unearth the legendary Ark of the Covenant.
At the request of British Intelligence, Emerson will be keeping an eye on the seemingly inept Morley, believed to be an agent of the Kaiser sent to stir up trouble in this politically volatile land. Amelia hopes to prevent a catastrophically unprofessional excavation from destroying priceless historical finds and sparking an armed protest by infuriated Christians, Jews, and Muslims. Meanwhile, Amelia’s headstrong son, Ramses, working on a dig at Samaria, encounters an unusual party of travelers and makes a startling discovery–information that he must pass along to his parents in Jerusalem…if he can get there alive.
“Between Amelia Peabody and Indiana Jones, it’s Amelia–in wit and daring–by a landslide.”—New York Times Book Review
Binding Type: Paperback
Author: Elizabeth Peters
Published: 06/27/2017
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
ISBN: 9780062686855
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 0.70″ H x 8.00″ L x 5.20″ W
About the Author
Peters, Elizabeth: –
Elizabeth Peters earned her Ph.D. in Egyptology from the University of Chicago’s famed Oriental Institute. During her fifty-year career, she wrote more than seventy novels and three nonfiction books on Egypt. She received numerous writing awards and, in 2012, was given the first Amelia Peabody Award, created in her honor. She died in 2013, leaving a partially completed manuscript of The Painted Queen.
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