Free Download The Mummy Case - by Elizabeth Peters - The Mummy Case, The Mummy Case Radcliffe Emerson the irascible husband of fellow archaeologist and Egyptologist Amelia Peabody has earned the nickname Father of Curses and at Mazghunah he demonstrates why Denied permission to dig
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Free Download The Mummy Case - by Elizabeth Peters, The Mummy Case, Elizabeth Peters, The Mummy Case Radcliffe Emerson the irascible husband of fellow archaeologist and Egyptologist Amelia Peabody has earned the nickname Father of Curses and at Mazghunah he demonstrates why Denied permission to dig at the pyramids of Dahshoor he and Amelia are resigned to excavating mounds of rubble in the middle of nowhere And there is nothing in this barren area worthy of theiRadcliffe Emerson Free Download The Mummy Case - by Elizabeth Peters - The Mummy Case, The Mummy Case Radcliffe Emerson the irascible husband of fellow archaeologist and Egyptologist Amelia Peabody has earned the nickname Father of Curses and at Mazghunah he demonstrates why Denied permission to dig
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edited 01 27 14WARNING do not read this novel if you plan to maintain any awe of Victorian archaeologists such as DeMorgan, Petrie, Wilbour, or Wallis Budge After reading this book, every time you see a mention of DeMorgan s hallowed name in a museum or article, you will start giggling about his pathetically eager desire at least, that portrayed in this novel to be portrayed heroically in the Illustrated London Times I think the woman in the front might be Amelia herself Petrie s illustrious nam [...]
Catastrophically precocious this is how Amelia Peabody Emerson describes her young son, Walter Emerson better known as Ramses, for his demanding nature Several times during this novel, a chill runs down her spine when she wonders just where her darling son is and what mischief he has found in which to embroil himself The fact that the author herself is an Egyptologist really makes these books fun She uses all the historical archaeologists as characters for Emerson to roar and bellow at when he i [...]
The Mummy Case by Elizabeth Peters is a 2007 William Morrow publication This book was originally published in 1985 It s always embarrassing when I have to admit I never realized Elizabeth Peters was a pseudonym for the one and only Barbara Michaels, until about five years ago When I made that connection, I was determined to get know this side of this talented author Although Elizabeth Peters wrote two other series, the Amelia Peabody series has to be the most beloved of her characters.This third [...]
The Mummy Case is the third novel in the Amelia Peabody series and once again we open with the Emerson s in England They plan to return to Egypt and dig at the pyramids of Dahshoor, leaving behind their precocious son Ramses with Emerson s brother Walter and his wife Evelyn Evelyn has just suffered a disappointment miscarriage and having Ramses comforts her Plans are thwarted when Evelyn falls pregnant again and even Emerson and Amelia can see that it will be impossible for them to leave Ramses [...]
Each time I read a new book in this series, I fall in love with the characters and Amelia Emerson are one of the best couples in fiction and I end up laughing so much, that I usually bookmark half the book As usual with the series, this book is set in an archeological dig in Egypt but for the first time, the Emersons have brought their precocious son Ramses Soon enough, Amelia Emerson find a dead body which Amelia cannot leave well enough alone Emerson and Amelia are a very singular couple, wi [...]
Amelia Peabody is back Yay She and Emerson haven t gotten the dig they were hoping for Instead they feel like they are working on a trash heap So a bored Amelia looks for trouble and finds it.Now here is the problem with reviewing a mystery how to talk about it without giving anything away Since I m a character reader, I ll take that route Amelia is a bluestocking She loves to be in control of everyone and everything Her favorite things to try to control are the men in her life They, of course, [...]
Yet another fun mystery featuring Amelia Peabody While I have to admit the mystery didn t interest me much, the repartee between the indomitable Amelia and Emerson, and Ms Peabody s or Mrs Emerson s narration, than made up for it Ramses can be amusing also, but he can be a bit too much sometimes, probably because he is too precocious and smart to be believed How many languages does this five year old know Although I do think this specific example is the whole point of these books and how they s [...]
It has been decades since I ve read any of the novels by Elizabeth Peters In the 1970s and 1980s they were among my chiefest delights when in the mood for light reading though her Egyptian novels were always the ones I liked the least Her heroines were pure liberation for a young woman born in the 1950s, swashbuckling and self confident, cutting themselves a swath through the world.I found myself a little less amused this time around, though Amelia Peabody is still a delightful character to read [...]
This 3rd book in the Amelia Peabody series was a huge disapointment The first two were hilarious and fun to read, despite the weakness of a having a pretty vague or unremarkable mysterie at their core Peters seems to not have had much of a thought as to who the perpetrators or the mytery should be whe sitting down and writing this book It feels like at the end whe we find out what was going on and who the villains are, she is half heartedly trying to fit the persons in as the criminals rather th [...]
Oh, dear.It just doesn t get any better And I don t mean that as a complimentary phrase.No indeed.Someone told me that vol 3 was much better than vol 2 It is not It s worse Not even listening to it as an audiobook helped Barbara Rosenblat underwhelmed me greatly as the reader, with her horrid rendering of the despicable little dwarf Ramses, and making Amelia sound as arch as the St Louis monument Again, I was too busy to stop and delete it, so I bore with it Ehhhh.Who takes a four year old on an [...]
I first picked up this series on the recommendation of a friend because of my love for Gail Carriger s Soulless I can see the similarities, minus supernatural creatures, but I ve never liked this series quite as much.And of a series that I ve thought to be entertaining enough, but not great, this was the worst of the lot so far.Now, I do mostly like Amelia and Emerson Their love rivalry thing is kind of cute, and the banter is cute, but it got a bit wearying by the end that they re just constant [...]
The five star scale is unsatisfactory and should change to ten I give three but this novel is superior to others that have received that designation from me It doesn t reach four stars because Ramses, estimated at six years old, was annoying and this mystery merely happened arbitrarily around us Its theme was Amelia s compulsion to sleuth There wasn t even any archaeological coup, just a lovely look at the family, including loyal and intelligent cat Bastet, whose constant presence I certainly ap [...]
It had all the usual funnies I expect from an Amelia Peabody book but the plot was very confusing I don t think I understood what happened, maybe the characters didn t either
Gotta love Peters for her romantic heroes and in depth knowledge of Egyptology Such book candy.
Quite a bit less engaging than the first book, The Mummy Case suffered very badly from an overdose of pompousness From Ramses stilted sentences, and seriously WHAT 7 or 8 year old child sounds like a 50 year old college professor and the speech impediment was just freaking annoying to Amelia and even Emerson, whom we expect to be stuffy Amelia s narrative bordered on self righteous and I rapidly tired of her know it allness Not to mention she spent most of the book cutting off every male who dar [...]
This third book in the series is the best so far, mainly because of the presence of Ramses, Amelia and Emerson s precocious son It s not clear how old he is, 4 or 5, and he can t yet pronounce th , making his rather long speeches quite amusing They have taken him to Egypt for their current dig, which is at a mediocre site Not far away at Dashoor another group is excavating some pyramids, which Amelia has been longing for Ramses is allowed to do digging of his own as long as he takes along a guar [...]
Here s the thing with the Amelia Peabody books I find them quite enjoyable, but I do need to space them out or everything sounds over the top silly I hadn t read any in a long while so The Mummy Case struck the perfect balance between serious Egyptology, ludicrous infant prodigy Ramses is grating, but then his parents can barely stand him which makes him, strangely enough, a little less insufferable and a good helping of marital banter The majority of the book s cosy but the end has the heroes t [...]
Last year I started to read the Amelia Peabody series by the late Elizabeth Peters, and discovered that I liked it In the third book in the series, the Emersons are returning to Egypt, but this time they have their young, precocious son Ramses in tow, along with the cat Bastet Assigned a distant, unremarkable site to excavate, the digging season starts out uncomfortable, but soon enough there are plenty of eccentricities to complicate matters, from several American missionaries, an overstuffed o [...]
I gave the first book of this series 5 stars, the second 3, and this only 1 star It made me wonder if editors actually edit books once an author has had some success, because I don t see how any editor could have given this book the green light as is if they had actually read it What was witty and clever and funny in the first book has become pompous and lecture like and unfunny in the third, and I found myself skimming and skipping pages just to get to the end Their precocious child Ramses was [...]
Amelia and Emerson are back in Egypt, along with their overly precocious son Ramses and the cat Bastet Since Emerson refused to apply for a firman in advance, De Morgan, the director of antiquities has already chosen the pyramids Emerson had promised Amelia Emerson s hot temper got him reduced to excavating a Roman cemetery and flattened pyramids The Emersons are also beset by missionaries and are kept on their toes keeping their son out of trouble Walter has requested papyri and when Amelia vis [...]
I feel much the same about this one that I did about the 2nd in the series Not quite as charming as the first installment, but still highly enjoyable, and as always Amelia and Emerson never fail to entertain Their relationship is as always the best part of these reads, and I can never get over their affection for one another and the highly amusing ways they choose to show it However, unlike it s predecessor, this time Ramses is along for the ride, and he does grate on the nerves His speech imped [...]
Typical Amelia Peabody fare It s funny, witty, smart, and ridiculous I think the series gets ridiculous with each installment It s like Peters is making fun of sensationalist mysteries a la Agatha Christie It s a fun read I laughed and smiled a lot Peters investigates a murder, thefts, and an off putting group of missionaries In the process, she gets robbed, duped, and dumped in a hidden tomb But this only fuels her desire for detective work Of course.Most of the comic relief ridiculous ness co [...]
The third book is usually where a series either ends or wanders into an uninteresting vein Not so with The Mummy Case With the introduction of a criminal mastermind and a tangled knot of plot lines, Ms Peters lures the reader into yet another wild caper and ensures we ll read many books to come There are a few tactics Ms Peters employs with regard to her narrative that I find significantly help the story remain interesting Time is very fluid in her novel There are times when every second is docu [...]
Amelia is an amusing and annoying pompous know it all but that s why this series works But what makes this one even better is the inclusion of Ramses in the expedition Proud and loving mama Amelia wasn t all that happy to include him, but Emerson insisted on having his son with them, and Ramses proceeds to take center stage He is described by his mama as catastrophically precocious and is extremely successful in finding any and every loophole in his protective mama s laundry list of instructions [...]
Due to Emersons lack of politic manners, they have ended up at an excavation without Amelia s beloved pyramids Thank goodness Amelia gets them all involved in a murder mystery before they even make it to the excavation site Everything I expect from this series continues with this book and the addition of fanatical opposing religious groups and a smuggling ring add to the fun I m not sure how it is that Ramses and Bastet have become my favorite characters but they are.
This was a very fun story and made me laugh out loud many times Murder, smuggling of antiquities, and two religious groups add to the tension on site at their dig in Mazghunah, which is where they never wanted to be.I loved their son Ramses and the cat Bastet taking on a lion cub and his own private dig.I listened to this book via audio narrated by Susan O Malley.
Listened to this installment in the Amelia Peabody series on audio, narrated by the superb Barbara Rosenblatt She IS the voice and embodiment of Amelia in my mind, and her narration added such a new level of enjoyment to an already highly entertaining Victorian Egyptian mystery series.
It is enjoyable to read a character who is not the typical, doting, affectionate mother She is rather horrible I also enjoy the bickering between Amelia Emerson No perfect family here Fun read.
I wanted to read this one to see if the series was going to get better again after a disappointing second book But I was even disappointed and bored by this book and gave up on the series.
Ramses at his childhood best wit lisp and de cat Bastet and all Also Peabody s berzerker rage and the introduction of the MC Oh, I love old friends Read on BOT Rosenblatt again