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Title: Amelia Peabody's Egypt: A Compendium by Elizabeth Peters, Kristen Whitbread ISBN: 0-06-053811-2 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 21 October, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.62 (8 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Better than I could have imagined!
Comment: This compendium gives a wonderful insight into the Egypt of the Peabody-Emerson's era. It's filled with images, details, essays on culture, fashion, even child rearing in the Victorian era. An absolute "must have" for any Peabodyphiles out there.
Rating: 5
Summary: Egypt of Amelia: a guide
Comment: I bought this book as soon as I was able to get my hands on it, as I have been a devout follower of the Emmersons since Crocodile on the Sandbank. I was so pleased to find a compendium of the people, places and foreign words/terms that I have come across in the series. Some people and places, when alluded to in sequals, left me at a loss as I had forgetten them. No need to worry about any of that anymore as now we just refer to this fine book.
In the section about the people of the series, I was delighted to find pictures of Ramses and his mother as children as well as Cyrus VanderGelt and others. It was so much fun to compare those pictures with the mental faces I had given them.
The various religions, dress codes, social mores and delightful pictures of the area, allow us to know Egypt of the Emmersons better.
This book is made to be perused and paged through for enjoyment and elucidation not just once, but many times. I am sure that loyal, long-time fans as well as new readers will find this book a great help and very much fun as well as help when reading and re-reading the Amelia Peabody Emmerson books.
Rating: 2
Summary: Delightful and Disappointing at the same time!
Comment: The delightful part is the wonderful black and white pictues and drawings that fill this book to the brim. They take up a lot of room and maybe that's a good point.
The disappointing part is that Amelia Peabody fans will find little new about her in this book. The most confusing chapter deals with the history of archaeology in Egypt from the 1800's. You start reading what appears to be a history of the famous players of the era, and then all of a sudden, Emerson and Amelia's discoveries and exploits are mixed in, so anyone who was hoping for a history of who found what where and when will still be wondering at the end of the chapter. There is also a lot of confusion about "real" people and characters who both have their names and photo's interspersed in the text. The last chapter of the book has some childhood pictures of Emerson and Amelia, as well as pictures of real people.
Real Peabody enthusiasts will probably enjoy this book, but I feel sorry for any child who picks this up and writes a report for school!
If you were hoping for material on the parts of the Emerson's lives not covered by the novels, you will be disappointed. There's very little new here, not even any interesting facts about the famous Seth/Sethos and what his life was like between appearances in the novels.
Like the novels, this book is charming. Unlike the novels it is confusing and shallow.
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Title: Guardian of the Horizon by Elizabeth Peters ISBN: 0066214718 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 30 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Children of the Storm by Elizabeth Peters ISBN: 0066214769 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: The Game by LAURIE R. KING ISBN: 0553801945 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 02 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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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 Curse of the Pharaohs by Elizabeth Peters ISBN: 0445406488 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 1988 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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