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Falcon at the Portal: Amelia Peabody Mysteries, Book 11
Écrit par Elizabeth Peters
Raconté par Barbara Rosenblat
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Join spunky Amelia and her charming family for a thrilling new archaeological adventure in Edwardian Egypt. Even on the joyous occasion of the marriage of their Egyptian “son” David to their beloved niece Lia, trouble finds Amelia and hunky hubby Emerson. And this time it is personal. In London, someone impersonating David is peddling high-quality fake antiquities, and soon the Emerson-Peabody home is burglarized. Once in Egypt, trouble only escalates as Amelia becomes a shooter’s target, her son Ramses is implicated in a paternity scandal, and an American girl is found dead in the shaft of the pyramid they are excavating. When the family’s impetuous ward Nefret disappears and comes back married, it takes all of their upper-crust British restraint to keep familial relations civil. Grand Master Elizabeth Peters once again delivers the delectable goods we have come to expect: beloved characters, an intriguing mystery, and alluring settings among the ruins. Romance and danger heighten the excitement, as does Barbara Rosenblat’s narration, which is nothing short of perfection.
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Falcon at the Portal: Amelia Peabody Mysteries, Book 11
Écrit par Elizabeth Peters
Raconté par Barbara Rosenblat
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Join spunky Amelia and her charming family for a thrilling new archaeological adventure in Edwardian Egypt. Even on the joyous occasion of the marriage of their Egyptian “son” David to their beloved niece Lia, trouble finds Amelia and hunky hubby Emerson. And this time it is personal. In London, someone impersonating David is peddling high-quality fake antiquities, and soon the Emerson-Peabody home is burglarized. Once in Egypt, trouble only escalates as Amelia becomes a shooter’s target, her son Ramses is implicated in a paternity scandal, and an American girl is found dead in the shaft of the pyramid they are excavating. When the family’s impetuous ward Nefret disappears and comes back married, it takes all of their upper-crust British restraint to keep familial relations civil. Grand Master Elizabeth Peters once again delivers the delectable goods we have come to expect: beloved characters, an intriguing mystery, and alluring settings among the ruins. Romance and danger heighten the excitement, as does Barbara Rosenblat’s narration, which is nothing short of perfection.
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There was great character developement in this installment of the Amelia Peabody series. There were more surprises and twists regarding Amelia's family than there were involving mysteries.All of the surprises made this one of my favorites in the series!
Rating: 5This book marked the end of my interest in the Amelia Peabody mysteries, Ramses angst in this and later books became incredibly annoying, and I felt that Nefret acted absurdly out of character in this book. Also, Amelia's character changed after the first book in the series Crocodile on the Sandbank, and she was never quite as much fun.
Rating: 2I'm enjoying this series so much that I suspect that I won't look at anything by another writer until I've reached the most recent. This book starts in London in 1911 as David marries Lia, Amelia's niece. While the young couple are off on honeymoon the Emersons discover that someone has been selling forged antiquities masquerading as David and, to add insult to injury, claiming that they come from Abdullah's, his grandfather, personal collection. The action quickly switches to Egypt, where the whole family become drawn into a series of events the consequences of which will change the lives of the Emerson clan forever. This is possibly the best book in the series so far as some of the scenes, particularly to the latter part of the book, are moving and sad, but as always coupled with the thrilling high camp humour that is at the core of the series.
Rating: 5A wonderfully complex, beautifully written book with an interesting plot and, as usual, colorful characters.
Rating: 4This is my favorite of all her novels about Amelia Peabody Emerson. Most of the others are more fun, but none of them is more affecting.
Rating: 5::sigh:: Sometimes you just need a good romance. And this is one of Peters' best. I think I'm a bit in love with Ramses myself.I usually try to space these out a bit, but I think I'm going to have to go directly to He Shall Thunder in the Sky. . .
Rating: 4