Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody, Book 1)
出版时间:
1988-01
ISBN:
9780445406513
定价:
58.70
装帧:
平装
开本:
其他
纸张:
其他
页数:
272页
正文语种:
英语
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AmeliaPeabody,thatindomitableproductoftheVictorianage,embarksonherfirstEgyptianadventurearmedwithunshakableself-confidence,ajournaltorecordherthoughts,and,ofcourse,asturdyumbrella.Onherway,AmeliarescuesyoungEvelynBarton-Forbes,whohasbeen"ruined"andabandonedonthestreetsofRomebyherrascallylover.Withatypicaldisregardforconvention,AmeliapromptlyhiresherfellowcountrywomanasacompanionandtakeshertoCairo.EludingAlberto,Evelyn'sformerlover,whowantsherback,andEvelyn'scousinLordEllesmere,whowishestomarryher,thetwowomensailuptheNile.TheydisembarkatanarcheologicalsiterunbytheEmersonbrothers--theirascible,butdashing,RadcliffeandtheamiableWalter.Soontheirlittlepartyisincreasedbyone--onemummy,thatis,andasingularlylivelyexampleofthespecies.Strangevisitations,suspiciousaccidents,andabotchedkidnappingconvinceAmeliathatthereisaplotafoottoharmEvelyn.Butnovillain,ormummy,isamatchforthedoughtyAmelia.Howshearrangesalltohersatisfactionisjustoneofthepleasuresofthisdelightfullywittymystery. ElizabethPetersisaprolificandsuccessfulnovelistwithoverfiftynovelstohercredit.Sheisinternationallyrenownedforhermysterystories,especiallythosefeaturingindomitableheroineAmeliaPeabody.ShelivesinahistoricfarmhouseinFrederick,Maryland,withsixcatsandtwodogs.--Thistextreferstoanoutofprintorunavailableeditionofthistitle.
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内容简介:
AmeliaPeabody,thatindomitableproductoftheVictorianage,embarksonherfirstEgyptianadventurearmedwithunshakableself-confidence,ajournaltorecordherthoughts,and,ofcourse,asturdyumbrella.Onherway,AmeliarescuesyoungEvelynBarton-Forbes,whohasbeen"ruined"andabandonedonthestreetsofRomebyherrascallylover.Withatypicaldisregardforconvention,AmeliapromptlyhiresherfellowcountrywomanasacompanionandtakeshertoCairo.EludingAlberto,Evelyn'sformerlover,whowantsherback,andEvelyn'scousinLordEllesmere,whowishestomarryher,thetwowomensailuptheNile.TheydisembarkatanarcheologicalsiterunbytheEmersonbrothers--theirascible,butdashing,RadcliffeandtheamiableWalter.Soontheirlittlepartyisincreasedbyone--onemummy,thatis,andasingularlylivelyexampleofthespecies.Strangevisitations,suspiciousaccidents,andabotchedkidnappingconvinceAmeliathatthereisaplotafoottoharmEvelyn.Butnovillain,ormummy,isamatchforthedoughtyAmelia.Howshearrangesalltohersatisfactionisjustoneofthepleasuresofthisdelightfullywittymystery.
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作者简介:
ElizabethPetersisaprolificandsuccessfulnovelistwithoverfiftynovelstohercredit.Sheisinternationallyrenownedforhermysterystories,especiallythosefeaturingindomitableheroineAmeliaPeabody.ShelivesinahistoricfarmhouseinFrederick,Maryland,withsixcatsandtwodogs.--Thistextreferstoanoutofprintorunavailableeditionofthistitle.
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