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Crocodile on the Sandbank, Elizabeth Peters
- Sprache
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2010
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- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- Elizabeth Peters
- Verlag
- Grand Central Pub
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2010
- ISBN13
- 9780446573214
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Belletristik, Historisches Thema, Krimi & Thriller, Romantik, Historische Romane, Abenteuer, Krimi, Liebe, Abenteuerliteratur, Klassische Krimis, England, Gesellschaft, 19. Jahrhundert, Feminismus, Archäologie, Historische Krimis, Reise, Ägypten, Brüder, Altes Ägypten, Ägyptologie, Mumien
- Erstveröffentlichung
- 1994
- Originaltitel
- Crocodile on the Sandbank
- Bewertung
- 4 von 5 Sternen
- Beschreibung
- From a New York Times bestselling author, a Victorian-era thriller featuring Egyptologist Amelia Peabody, a self-proclaimed spinster and heiress who's unrattled by anyone–including mummies. The unshakeable Amelia Peabody embarks on an Egyptian adventure armed with self-confidence, a journal to record her thoughts, and, of course–a sturdy umbrella. On her way to Cairo, Amelia rescues young Evelyn Barton-Forbes, who has been abandoned by her scoundrel lover. Together the two women sail up the Nile to an archeological site run a pair of handsome brothers. Strange visitations, suspicious accidents, and a botched kidnapping convince Amelia that there is a plot afoot to harm Evelyn. Now Amelia finds herself up against an unknown enemy–and perilous forces that threaten to make her first Egyptian trip also her last...