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Chargement... Lord of the Silent: A Novel of Suspense (édition 2002)par Elizabeth Peters
Information sur l'oeuvreLe retour de Sethos par Elizabeth Peters Chargement...
Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Automne 1915. La guerre fait rage en Europe. Les Emerson décident néanmoins de partir en Égypte pour une nouvelle saison de fouilles archéologiques. À peine sont-ils arrivés au Caire que Ramsès est victime d'une agression. Peu après, Ramsès et Nefret, de passage à Louxor, font une découverte stupéfiante : 5éthos, le demi-frère d'Emerson, n'est pas mort, il aurait même repris ses anciennes activités ! Il semble pourtant qu'un redoutable criminel se fasse passer pour le " Maître du Crime ", tentant ainsi de supplanter Séthos dans le commerce des antiquités illégales. Oui, mais voilà, l'inconnu a découvert une tombe d'une valeur inestimable et il est le seul à en connaître l'emplacement. Un défi que ne manquera pas de relever l'intrépide Amelia !
Feeling a bit overwhelmed by all the characters in LORD OF THE SILENT... Amelia is still a joy.... But it takes a lot more concentration to keep track of the swarms of adopted children, relatives, native associates, political enemies and family cats that have accrued to the series since 1975. By the time Peters fills us in on the progression of these domestic dynasties, there's hardly any time left to play in the tombs. As always in this series of uproarious Egyptological mysteries, plenty of strange doings are afoot in the desert, and readers will find all the delicious trappings of a vintage Peters extravaganza—lost tombs, kidnappings, deadly attacks, mummies and sinister villains. Appartient à la sérieEst contenu dansPrix et récompensesDistinctions
Fiction.
Mystery.
Historical Fiction.
HTML: Undeterred by world war and enemy submarines, Amelia Peabody??Grandmaster Elizabeth Peters's indomitable archaeologist-sleuth??once again sets sail for Egypt, where ghosts of an ancient past and specters of a present-day evil hover silently over an inscrutable land. With son Ramses, his wife, Nefret, and a few unwelcome additions in tow, the elder Peabody-Emersons embark on a dangerous sea voyage to Alexandria, ultimately ending up in Cairo for their annual excavations. But in this autumn of 1915 the exotic, alluring city is not what it used to be. Cairo has been transformed into an armed camp teeming with enemy agents, and shockingly bold tomb robbers are brazenly desecrating the ancient sites. Amelia's foremost priority is to prevent the War Office from pressing Ramses into service again, on the same sort of job that almost cost him his life the previous year. But in these terrible days of global conflict and relentless skullduggery, no place in Egypt is safe. Even remote Luxor provides no guarantee of safety, especially after Amelia discovers a fresh corpse resting in an ancient tomb. The grim discovery presages further trouble for the Emersons, as the sinister conundrum pulls them all into a bubbling morass of corruption, intrigue, and international espionage deeper and more fiendish than any they have hitherto encountered. Death follows death, with abduction and an assault on Amelia herself intensifying the chaos of a world at war. Yet there is an even darker danger in store for the Emersons. Can it be that one of Amelia's oldest and most dangerous adversaries will intervene to alter the family's destiny? Tantalizing clues suggest that this may be so and point toward an archaeological discovery of unparalleled importance??and the resurrection of a voice that has been silent for millennia. Read by Barbara Rosen Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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