Tomb of the Golden Bird
On sale
1st March 2012
Price: £9.99
The chase is on – and Amelia Peabody and Co. are in the thick of it!
1922 – convinced that the tomb of the little-known King Tutankhamon lies somewhere in the Valley of the Kings, Emerson has tried to persuade his rivals Lord Carnavon and Howard Carter to hand over their digging rights in the valley to him – but they resist. So back in Luxor an incident at the hotel the clan is staying in turns their gifts for digging in another direction. Emerson and Ramses are lured into a trap by a group of villains who demand answers to the mysterious question, ‘Where is he?’. Their curiosity piqued, the duo is determined to uncover who ‘he’ is and why ‘he’ should be so important.
1922 – convinced that the tomb of the little-known King Tutankhamon lies somewhere in the Valley of the Kings, Emerson has tried to persuade his rivals Lord Carnavon and Howard Carter to hand over their digging rights in the valley to him – but they resist. So back in Luxor an incident at the hotel the clan is staying in turns their gifts for digging in another direction. Emerson and Ramses are lured into a trap by a group of villains who demand answers to the mysterious question, ‘Where is he?’. Their curiosity piqued, the duo is determined to uncover who ‘he’ is and why ‘he’ should be so important.
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Reviews
Bursting with surprises, a sheer delight
If Indiana Jones were female, a wife and mother who lived in Victorian times, he would be Amelia Peabody Emerson
A writer so popular that the public library has to keep her books under lock and key
