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Title: The Magician by W. Somerset Maugham, Fredrick Davidson ISBN: 0-7861-1654-4 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks Pub. Date: 01 January, 2000 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $44.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (20 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: More mysterious than the first two.
Comment: By this third book in the Amelia Peabody series, the reader probably already knows and loves Amelia and her husband, Emerson. These characters have two of the strongest personalities in fiction and they play off eachother wonderfully. They're up to their old entertaining adventures again in "The Mummy Case."
Not ones to follow convention (and sit at home) Amelia and Emerson are back in Egypt -- this time with their precocious son, Ramses, and their servant John. Ramses, who was briefly introduced to readers in "The Curse of the Pharaohs," is a major character in The Mummy Case. He is frighteningly intelligent and overly literal. When Ramses comes on the scene, it is always humorous and entertaining. A zealous group of missionaries also rounds out the cast of characters.
This book differs from the first two in two key ways. First, there is not as much description of archaeology and discoveries about ancient Egypt. Denied the right to excavate at the pyramids of Dahshoor, the Emersons are forced to dig at Mazgunah, which yields only some late Roman mummies. Second, the mystery in this novel kept me going to the end. In the first two, it was pretty easy to guess the identity of the villain; the answer in this one was much harder to figure out.
All in all, an excellent read. If you enjoyed other Amelia Peabody mysteries, you will be sure to like this one.
Rating: 5
Summary: Again, I Loved It
Comment: This third book in the Amelia Peabody Emerson series is a great one. In it, the Peabody Emersons are once again headed to Egypt for the digging season. This time, however, they (and we) also get to me their son, called Ramses, as he also joins them. The mystery of this one is the usual mix of Egyptology, dastardly deeds, romance, and the indomitable Amelia. The addition of the talkative, often times know-it-all, adventurous Ramses is great; however, the ability of this child to know as much, if not more, than his parents is it hard to believe at time, but this is after all fiction. As usual, Ms. Peters leaves us with a better understanding of the beauty that is Egyptian history -- the woman knows her stuff. The great thing about this book is that there were times when I was actually on the edge of my seat, furiously reading the pages in order to find out what happened next. All in all, a great read and a lot of fun.
Rating: 3
Summary: Love this series but not this book
Comment: I'm a great supporter of the Amelia Peabody series but this one really bored me in the second half. The "mystery" was just dull and the secondary characters not interesting. I thought Curse of the Pharoahs was much better. I agree also that Ramses' "baby talk" was distracting. It gets three stars because as usual, the main characters are still hilarious and lovable. The first part of the book is great.
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Title: Lion in the Valley by Elizabeth Peters ISBN: 0380731193 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 07 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Crocodile on the Sandbank by Elizabeth Peters ISBN: 0445406518 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 1988 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: The Deeds of the Disturber by Elizabeth Peters ISBN: 0380731959 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 January, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: The Last Camel Died at Noon by Elizabeth Peters ISBN: 0446363383 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 1992 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Snake, the Crocodile & the Dog, The by Elizabeth Peters ISBN: 0446364789 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 1994 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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