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Crocodile on the sandbank

Amelia Peabody, a 32-year old Victorian gentlewoman, goes to Egypt to indulge in Egyptology. On the death of her father, Victorian heiress Amelia Peabody travels Egypt to indulge her interest in Egyptology. She travels with Evelyn Barton-Forbes and her trusty parasol which comes in handy on more than one occasion. In Cairo the pair meet archaeologists Radcliffe and Walter Emerson and sparks fly between Radcliffe and Amelia. The groups meet again at Emerson's excavation where Amelia saves Radcliffe's life and takes charge of his precious archaeological site. The four then band together to discover why the locals will no longer report to work and to try to find a missing mummy who walks the night. An historical mystery with amusing repartee between a strong-willed Amelia and an equally pigheaded Radcliffe in an exotic setting and time.

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  • "Barbara Auer liest Elizabeth Peters, Im Schatten des Todes"
  • "Crocodile on the sandbank"@it

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  • "L'indomptable Amelia Peabody, qui fait ici ses premiers pas sur la terre d'Egypte, se laissera-t-elle abuser par les facéties d'une momie somnambule ?"
  • "Amelia Peabody, a 32-year old Victorian gentlewoman, goes to Egypt to indulge in Egyptology. On the death of her father, Victorian heiress Amelia Peabody travels Egypt to indulge her interest in Egyptology. She travels with Evelyn Barton-Forbes and her trusty parasol which comes in handy on more than one occasion. In Cairo the pair meet archaeologists Radcliffe and Walter Emerson and sparks fly between Radcliffe and Amelia. The groups meet again at Emerson's excavation where Amelia saves Radcliffe's life and takes charge of his precious archaeological site. The four then band together to discover why the locals will no longer report to work and to try to find a missing mummy who walks the night. An historical mystery with amusing repartee between a strong-willed Amelia and an equally pigheaded Radcliffe in an exotic setting and time."@en
  • "De reis van een jonge vrouw en haar gezelschapsdame naar opgravingen in Egypte wordt op alle mogelijke manieren gedwarsboomd door haar neef."
  • "Amelia Peabody, that indomitable product of the Victorian age, embarks on her first Egyptian adventure armed with unshakable self-confidence, a journal to record her thoughts, and, of course, a sturdy umbrella. Along the way, she meets up with Evelyn Barton-Forbes, the Emerson brothers, and a lively mummy. How Amelia arranges all to her satisfaction is just one of the pleasures of this delightfully witty mystery."@en
  • "32-year-old Victorian gentlewoman, Amelia Peabody receives a rather large inheritance and decides to use it for travel. On her way through Rome to Egypt, she meets a young woman abandoned by her lover and left with no means of support. Amelia promptly takes Evelyn under her wing, insisting that the young lady accompany her to Egypt, where Amelia plans to indulge her passion for Egyptology. When Evelyn becomes the target of an aborted kidnapping and the focus of a series of suspicious accidents, Amelia becomes convinced of a plot to harm her young friend. Like any self-respecting sleuth, Amelia sets out to discover who is behind it all."@en
  • "After her father's death, thirty-two-year-old Amelia Peabody eschews the role of Victorian spinster and travels to Egypt, where mysterious intruders, boorish archaeologists, and a disappearing two-thousand-year-old mummy test her sanity and independence."@en
  • "On the death of her father, 32-year old Victorian heiress Amelia Peabody travels Egypt to indulge her interest in Egyptology. She travels with Evelyn Barton-Forbes and her trusty parasol which comes in handy on more than one occasion. In Cairo the pair meet archaeologists Radcliffe and Walter Emerson and sparks fly between Radcliffe and Amelia. The groups meet again at Emerson's excavation where Amelia saves Radcliffe's life and takes charge of his precious archaeological site. The four then band together to discover why the locals will no longer report to work and to try to find a missing mummy who walks the night. An historical mystery with amusing repartee between a strong-willed Amelia and an equally pigheaded Radcliffe in an exotic setting and time."@en
  • "On the death of her father, 32-year old Victorian heiress Amelia Peabody travels Egypt to indulge her interest in Egyptology. She travels with Evelyn Barton-Forbes and her trusty parasol which comes in handy on more than one occasion. In Cairo the pair meet archaeologists Radcliffe and Walter Emerson and sparks fly between Radcliffe and Amelia. The groups meet again at Emerson's excavation where Amelia saves Radcliffe's life and takes charge of his precious archaeological site. The four then band together to discover why the locals will no longer report to work and to try to find a missing mummy who walks the night. An historical mystery with amusing repartee between a strong-willed Amelia and an equally pigheaded Radcliffe in an exotic setting and time."
  • "& B & Amelia Peabody is Elizabeth Peters' most brilliant and best-loved creation, a thoroughly Victorian feminist who takes the stuffy world of archaeology by storm with her shocking men's pants and no-nonsense attitude! & /B & & B & & /B & In this first adventure, our headstrong heroine decides to use her substantial inheritance to see the world. On her travels, she rescues a gentlewoman in distress - Evelyn Barton-Forbes - and the two become friends. The two companions continue to Egypt where they face mysteries, mummies and the redoubtable Radcliffe Emerson, an outspoken archaeologist, who doesn't need."@en
  • "A friend of Amelia's is attacked by a walking homicidal mummy."
  • "Thirty-one-year-old Victorian gentlewoman Amelia Peabody has not only inherited her father's fortune, but she is also blessed with his strong will as well. Now she's headed for Cairo, accompanied by a girl with a tarnished past, to indulge her passion for Egyptology. Little did she know that murder and a homicidal mummy lay in wait for her."@en
  • "Amelia Peabody embarks on her first Egyptian adventure."@en

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  • "Detective and mystery stories, Historical"
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Detective and mystery fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Translations"
  • "Detective and mystery stories, American"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"
  • "Mystery fiction"@en
  • "Detective and mystery stories"@en
  • "Detective and mystery stories"
  • "Mystery stories"@en

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  • "Crocodile on the sandbank : an Amelia Peabody mystery"
  • "Krokodil na peske"
  • "Im Schatten des Todes : Roman"
  • "Im Schatten des Todes"
  • "Im Schatten des Todes Roman"
  • "Crocodile on the sandbank"
  • "Crocodile on the sandbank"@en
  • "Im Schatten des Todes ein Kriminalroman aus dem 19. Jahrhundert"
  • "La sfida della mummia : romanzo"@it
  • "La sfida della mummia : romanzo"
  • "Im schatten des todes : ein kriminalroman aus dem 19. jahrhundert"
  • "Het geheim van de Nijl"
  • "Krokodil na peske : roman"
  • "Crocodile on the Sandbank"@en
  • "Un crocodile sur un banc de sable"

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