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Cargando... Lord of the Silent: A Novel of Suspense (Amelia Peabody Series) (edición 2009)por Elizabeth Peters (Autor)
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Mientras las batallas de la Primera Guerra Mundial se suceden en Europa, Amelia Peabody y su familia parten desde Inglaterra a su siempre añorado Egipto para continuar con las excavaciones en El Cairo. Sin embargo, otros peligros les acechan en la tierra de los faraones. Ramsés y Nefret, que disfrutan de sus primeros meses de casados, son atacados y en Luxor, la tumba descubierta por Emerson está amenazada por un misterioso asaltante. El joven matrimonio tratará de averiguar su identidad partiendo hacia Luxor, mientras Amelia y Emerson intentan descubrir quién y por qué atacó a Ramsés. Un nuevo cadáver y la inquietante presencia de su denodado enemigo, el Maestro del Crimen, a quien creían muerto, pondrá a la familia a prueba para salir airosa del peligro.
Feeling a bit overwhelmed by all the characters in LORD OF THE SILENT... Amelia is still a joy.... But it takes a lot more concentration to keep track of the swarms of adopted children, relatives, native associates, political enemies and family cats that have accrued to the series since 1975. By the time Peters fills us in on the progression of these domestic dynasties, there's hardly any time left to play in the tombs. As always in this series of uproarious Egyptological mysteries, plenty of strange doings are afoot in the desert, and readers will find all the delicious trappings of a vintage Peters extravaganza—lost tombs, kidnappings, deadly attacks, mummies and sinister villains. Pertenece a las seriesContenido enPremiosDistinciones
Fiction.
Mystery.
Historical Fiction.
HTML: Undeterred by world war and enemy submarines, Amelia Peabody??Grandmaster Elizabeth Peters's indomitable archaeologist-sleuth??once again sets sail for Egypt, where ghosts of an ancient past and specters of a present-day evil hover silently over an inscrutable land. With son Ramses, his wife, Nefret, and a few unwelcome additions in tow, the elder Peabody-Emersons embark on a dangerous sea voyage to Alexandria, ultimately ending up in Cairo for their annual excavations. But in this autumn of 1915 the exotic, alluring city is not what it used to be. Cairo has been transformed into an armed camp teeming with enemy agents, and shockingly bold tomb robbers are brazenly desecrating the ancient sites. Amelia's foremost priority is to prevent the War Office from pressing Ramses into service again, on the same sort of job that almost cost him his life the previous year. But in these terrible days of global conflict and relentless skullduggery, no place in Egypt is safe. Even remote Luxor provides no guarantee of safety, especially after Amelia discovers a fresh corpse resting in an ancient tomb. The grim discovery presages further trouble for the Emersons, as the sinister conundrum pulls them all into a bubbling morass of corruption, intrigue, and international espionage deeper and more fiendish than any they have hitherto encountered. Death follows death, with abduction and an assault on Amelia herself intensifying the chaos of a world at war. Yet there is an even darker danger in store for the Emersons. Can it be that one of Amelia's oldest and most dangerous adversaries will intervene to alter the family's destiny? Tantalizing clues suggest that this may be so and point toward an archaeological discovery of unparalleled importance??and the resurrection of a voice that has been silent for millennia. Read by Barbara Rosen No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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