Famous Historian kidnapped in Copenhagen

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	• The Copenhagen connection Elizabeth Peters Distributed by St. Martin's Press, 1982 - 249 pages average customer review:based on 8 reviews
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highly recommended

Fun mystery in wonderful Copenhagen

Elizabeth Jones is flying to Copenhagen for a holiday, and is thrilled to meet on the plane her favourite author, Margaret Rosenberg, am edieval historian. She is less thrilled to meet Margaret's bad-tempered son Christian, but the two of them find themselves having to collaborate, reluctantly, in keeping up with Margaret in her adventures, and tracking her down when she dissapears. This is a fun mystery story, with lots of humour and lovely descriptions of Copenhagen. there is one puzzling passage though, where Margaret says to Elizabeth of the middle ages "women were for childbearing, they had no other role". If Margaret is meant to be an expert on the Middle Ages, she should know that this is quite untrue, women had many roles in the middle ages, and childbearing was only one of them. This was the last individual mystery story Elizabeth Peters wrote, at least to date, a pity as I like them much better than any of her series.

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A warning

This books was first published in 1982, therefore it is not going to be "Amelia Peabody". Peters fans expecting a modern tale of suspense and romance may be disappointed for this book is a "gothic romance" in the vein of Phyllis A Whitney. Taking that into consideration, as a gothic romance of the early 80s, it works. We've got the slightly naive heroine, the brooding and secretive hero and a mystery the hero may or may not be involved in. If you're a Peters fan ready to view this book in the context of the time it was published and miss the gothics of the 70s and 80s, The Copenhagen Connection is a light and fun read.

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Famous Historian kidnapped in Copenhagen

Elizabeth Peters has written another thrilling and nebulous adventure.
I liked it very much and enjoyed reading it. By the way you can get an idea of Copenhagen and some aspects of the history of this beautiful city.

The spine of the book has got the following summary:

"A strange twist of fate brings Elizabeth Jones face to face with her idol, the brilliant, eccentric historian Margaret Rosenberg, at the Copenhagen Airport. An even stranger accident makes Elizabeth the esteemed scholar's new private assistant. But luck can go from good to bad in an instant - and less than twenty-four hours later, the great lady is kidnapped by persons unknown. Suddenly desperate in a foreign land, Elizabeth must cast her lot with Rosenberg's handsome, insufferable son Christian in hopes of finding her vanished benefactor. On a trail that leads from modern wonders to ancient mystery, a determined young woman and an arrogant "prince" must uncover shocking secrets carefully guarded in the beautiful Danish city. And they must survive a mysterious affair that is turning darker and deadlier by the hour."

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A strange twist of fate brings Elizabeth Jones face to face with her idol, the brilliant, eccentric historian Margaret Rosenberg, at the Copenhagen Airport. An even stranger accident makes Elizabeth the esteemed scholar's new private assistant. But luck can go from good to bad in an instant -- and less than twenty-four hours later, the great lady is kidnapped by persons unknown. Suddenly desperate in a foreign land, Elizabeth must cast her lot with Rosenberg's handsome, insufferable son Christian in hopes of finding her vanished benefactor. On a trail that leads from modern wonders to ancient mystery, a determined young woman and an arrogant "prince" must uncover shocking secrets carefully guarded in the beautiful Danish city. And they must survive a mysterious affair that is turning darker and deadlier by the hour.

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