Leslie (USA: NY) (2007/09/03):
This, being the first in the series, sets the stage for the rest of the books. It gives us insight into the different lead characters: who they are, how they relate to each other and their strengths and weaknesses.This book seemed to be better written than the second (which I’d read first). I hope that the writing stays at this level for the rest of the LONG series. A woman “of a certain age” – past when she thought she’d ever marry, anyway – decides, when her father dies to travel and visit the lands she’d been studying about. She rescues a young lady while in Rome. This young lady then becomes her traveling companion. They travel on to Egypt, find archeologists studying a ruin there and stay to assist for a while. There is a “mummy come to life” which threatens to eject them from their “dig”. Mystery solved by the end… Read it to find out how.
mb (USA: MI) (2009/07/17):
Very enjoyable romp through Victorian times. Setting: Rome, Italy then onto Egypt. Featuring a very spunky heroine, one Amelia Peabody.
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