A River in the Sky by Elizabeth Peters
1910. Having brought Egypt firmly under her thumb, Amelia Peabody turns her attention to a harder challenge: Palestine, a province of the crumbling, corrupt Ottoman Empire and the Holy Land of three religions.
Hearing that Morley, an English adventurer, has raised money to mount an expedition to search for the vanished treasures of the Temple in Jerusalem, Emerson and Amelia are persuaded to go after him in order to prevent a catastrophically inept excavation and the possibility of armed protest by the infuriated members of all three religions who view the Dome of the Rock as sacred. The War Office is concerned about increasing German influence in Palestine and insists that Morley is secretly working for German intelligence. Emerson doesn't believe it, but could he be mistaken?
In the meantime, their son Ramses has been working on a dig at Samaria, north of Jerusalem, where he encounters an unusual party of travellers. One is a female German archaeologist, and the other a mysterious man of unknown nationality and unknown past. Ramses's insatiable curiosity leads him to a startling discovery about the pair. He must now pass the information on to his parents in Jerusalem - but only if he can get there alive...
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The Mummy Case
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Curse of the Pharaohs
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Lion in the Valley
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Deeds of the Disturber
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The Last Camel Died at Noon
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The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog
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The Serpent on the Crown
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Seeing a Large Cat
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Tomb of the Golden Bird
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Children of the Storm
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Thunder in the Sky
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Hippopotamus Pool
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Guardian of the Horizon
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Lord of the Silent
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The Ape Who Guards the Balance
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The Golden One
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The Painted Queen
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Falcon at the Portal
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| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781849015974 |
| ISBN 10 | 184901597X |
| Title | A River in the Sky |
| Author | Elizabeth Peters |
| Series | Amelia Peabody |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2011-04-21 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |