Crocodile on the sandbank
Peters, Elizabeth200605UU
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In this adventure, the heroine decides to use her substantial inheritance to see the world. On her travels, she rescues a gentlewoman in distress - Evelyn Barton-Forbes, and the two become friends. The two companions continue to Egypt where they face mysteries, mummies, and the redoubtable Radcliffe Emerson, an outspoken archaeologist. In this first adventure, our headstrong heroine decides to use her substantial inheritance to see the world. On her travels, she rescues a gentlewoman in distress - Evelyn Barton-Forbes - and the two become friends. The two companions continue to Egypt where they face mysteries, mummies and the redoubtable Radcliffe Emerson, an outspoken archaeologist, who doesn't need women to help him solve mysteries -at least that's what he thinks!.Review: "* 'I can't wait for the next Peabody story... I really do think [Elizabeth Peters'] books are great entertainment.' Angela Ripon * 'A writer so popular that the public library has to keep her books under lock and key.' Washington Post Book World * 'Think Miss Marple with early feminist gloss crossed with Indiana Jones... accomplished entertainment.' Guardian".
Main title:
Crocodile on the sandbank / Elizabeth Peters.
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Publisher:
Robinson Publishing, 2006.
Collation:
304 p. ; 18x11 cm.
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Notes:
Paperback; A-format paperback.Originally published: New York: Dodd, Mead, 1975; London: Cassell, 1976.
Biography/History:
Elizabeth Peters is a prolific and successful novelist with over fifty novels to her credit. She is internationally renowned for her mystery stories, especially those featuring indomitable heroine Amelia Peabody. She lives in a historic farmhouse in Frederick, Maryland, with six cats and two dogs.
ISBN:
9781845293888 (pbk)1845293886 (pbk)
Language:
English
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Index terms:
FGC: Crime & mystery
BRN:
414288
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