A River in the Sky by Elizabeth Peters - ISBN: 9781849015974
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Amelia Peabody hunts treasure, spies, and religious conflict in the Holy Land.

A River in the Sky

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  • Paperback

    336 pages

  • Release Date

    20 November 2004

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Summary

  1. Having brought Egypt firmly under her thumb, Amelia Peabody turns her attention to a harder challenge: Palestine, a province of the crumbling, corrupt Ottoman Empire and the Holy Land of three religions.

Hearing that Morley, an English adventurer, has raised money to mount an expedition to search for the vanished treasures of the Temple in Jerusalem, Emerson and Amelia are persuaded to go after him in order to prevent a catastrophically inept excavation and the possibilit…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781849015974
ISBN-10:184901597X
Author:Elizabeth Peters
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Constable
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:336
Release Date:20 November 2004
Weight:266g
Dimensions:196mm x 130mm x 24mm
Series:Amelia Peabody
What They're Saying

Critics Review

I really do think Elizabeth Peters’ books are great entertainment.

As full of riches as King Tut’s tomb. - Denver Post

Think Miss Marple with early feminist gloss crossed with Indiana Jones … accomplished entertainment. - Guardian

A writer so popular that the public library has to keep her books under lock and key. - Washington Post Book World

About The Author

Elizabeth Peters

Elizabeth Peters was born and brought up in Illinois and earned her PhD in Egyptology from the University of Chicago’s famed Oriental Institute. She is a prolific and successful novelist with over 50 novels to her credit and is internationally renowned for her mystery stories. She lives in Maryland with her dogs and cats.

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