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	• The Last Camel Died at Noon (Amelia Peabody, Book 6) Elizabeth Peters Grand Central Publishing, 1992 - 448 pages average customer review:based on 29 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Excellent rendering of Amelia Peabody et. al.

I thoroughly enjoyed this very long tape and agree with the second reviewer that the relaxed pace is one of its pleasures. I'm not sure how I'd feel sitting on a couch listening to it and doing nothing else, but it's great for listening to in a car or while sorting stuff, etc. The personalities of Amelia and the other characters come through beautifully.

The Sixth Book in a Terrific Series

Elizabeth Peters was born and brought up in Illinois and earned her Ph.D. in Egyptology from the University of Chicago's famed Oriental Institute. Peters was named Grand Master at the inaugural Anthony Awards in 1986 and Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America at the Edgar Awards in 1998. She lives in a historic farmhouse in western Maryland.

The Amelia Peabody books may or may not be an acquired taste, personally I love them. They are set in Victorian times when there were still very strict rules of etiquette and polite behaviour was the norm. Although most of the books are set in Egypt, in the desert under very trying conditions and extremely hot weather the `English' way of life was still expected to be adhered to, sometimes with quite hilarious consequences.

Amelia Peabody is Elizabeth Peters' best loved and brilliant creation, a thoroughly Victorian feminist who takes the stuffy world of archaeology by storm with her no nonsense dress sense and forthright opinions.

Egyptologist Amelia Peabody along with her husband Emerson, perhaps the most famous archaeologist of his day and their son Ramses are in the Sudan searching for Viscount Blacktower's son and his new bride. As trouble follows them everywhere it is not long before they are caught up in a web of deceit and treachery. Once again their survival depends upon Peabody's powers of deduction, Ramses ability to look like one of the natives and Emerson's ability to frighten anybody and everybody who gets in his way.

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Don't you meet the most interesting people while traveling?

As this 6th book of the AMELIA PEABODY series opens the three Emersons (renowned archeologist Radcliffe, irrepressible Amelia and their son Ramses) are stranded in the middle of the desert, all but one of their servants have fled, taking most of the water and the last camel has just died. As they stagger forward toward their certain deaths Amelia reflects on how they reached this terrible fate. Weeks earlier they had been contacted at their English estate by an earnest young Englishman. Years earlier his elder brother had, with his young bride, disappeared while exploring. Recently a message had arrived giving hope that they still survived. Despite Radcliffe's initial reluctance to become involved circumstances conspired to lead, not only him, but his wife and son on this dangerous rescue mission.

The Emersons not only escape certain death in the desert but manage to discover an unknown civilization, take part in a palace coup and rescue a damsel in distress before Emerson is able to return to his beloved dig.

Fans of this series will take particular delight in this volume which introduces Nefret into the Emerson clan. Those who are unfamiliar with the series about the Victorian era archeologist/detective 'Nick and Nora' would do better to begin at the beginning (CROCODILE ON THE SANDBANK) and then proceeding in order as this series has a more pronounced overall story arc than most mystery series. In fact, the 'mystery' aspect of this series in general, and this volume in particular, is more of an afterthought to the adventures of Amelia and her family.

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A Pleasure

Barbara Rosenblatt really captures the spirit of the Amelia Peabody novels. She understands that these books do not take themselves too seriously. Amelia Peabody is irrepressible and the slow pace of the story is enjoyable because the characters are so likeable. A true pleasure.

Amelia Peabody

Excellent book. One of my favorite Peabody mysteries. This was bought as a gift - I have all the Peabody mysteries. Thanks!

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