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Title: The Last Camel Died at Noon (Amelia Peabody Mysteries (Paperback)) by Elizabeth Peters ISBN: 0-446-36338-3 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 1992 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.28 (18 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Suspenseful Look at a Hidden Kingdom
Comment: One of the great traditions of adventure novels has been to take "civilized" people into hidden places where primitive people live a different way. In the process, readers learn a lot about themselves and the ways that "civilization" needs to be improved. Lost Horizons is one of the most famous of such stories. In an earlier time, H. Rider Haggard wrote his remarkable book, She, in this genre which seems to have been a direct inspiration for The Last Camel Died at Noon based on comments by the author in the acknowledgments and the book's story. But if you know "She," you will not necessarily be able to anticipate what happens in this story.
If you have read no other books in this series, I suggest that you move back to the beginning in The Crocodile on the Sandbank and read the four subsequent novels before reading this one. The books build on one another, and deserve sequential reading for the most pleasure and understanding.
Amelia Peabody, her husband Emerson and their son Ramses are among the most distinctive and entertaining characters to ever populate a historical mystery novel, and they are as delightful as possible in playing their assigned roles in The Last Camel Died at Noon.
The Emersons find themselves drawn to the Sudan in an unusual adventure. Progress by British troops has reopened such of the historical sites, and the Emersons race behind the sloppy Budge to record what they find there. While planning the trip, they are importuned to help search for the lost explorer, Willoughby Forth, and his new bride, who have not been seen since they left on a trip into the Sudan fourteen years earlier. While in the Sudan, the Emersons find evidence that perhaps it may be possible to find the Forths. After a relative of the Forths disappears into the desert where he is attacked by raiders, the Emersons resolve to follow. Soon, their last camel dies at noon. What will happen next?
The story is quite intriguing and develops many aspects of archeology that I enjoyed. My only complaint was that the precocious Ramses was a little too precocious in the role that he played in this book. It just didn't ring true in places. The story, however, is a rich and interesting one. I highly recommend it.
Rating: 4
Summary: Back on form
Comment: Three and a half stars is what this really deserves, but it's not possible to give it that. This is a good fun read, made better than some of its recent predecessors by a reduced emphasis on how good Amelia thinks she is, a less annoying Ramses, and a stronger plot. Emerson is the same as ever, but I'm not complaining about that.
This is high melodrama and adventure, with plots and mysteries abounding as the Peabody-Emersons set off into the desert in search of a missing explorer and find themselves in the midst of a power struggle in a hidden kingdom. Really enjoyable and with a good setting, though I did think the ending fell a bit flat. Perhaps I should have read my Rider Haggard directly before reading "The Last Camel Died At Noon", to fully appreciate all the references and jokes?
Rating: 4
Summary: Adventure in the Desert
Comment: The Amelia Peabody series, of which this is the 6th, is one of my favorites in mystery fiction. By all means, if you haven't already done so, begin with the first book of the series, Crocodile on the Sandbank. This one, The Last Camel ..., is a little different from the previous five mysteries. This is an adventure story in the tradition of H. Rider Haggard, set in one of Earth's unexplored corners, the deserts of Sudan. Giving us a change of pace, as well as introducing a new character, who (I assume) will be important in succeeding volumes, this installment is not to be missed by Peabody fans. With regret, however, I felt that some of the touches that added to the delight of the previous volumes became a bit stale in this one, such as Amelia's admiration of Emerson's physique and her often repeated coy Victorian references to bedtime activities. At 10, Ramses seems hardly older than he was at a precocious seven. Even so, I can't wait to find out what happens next.
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Title: The Deeds of the Disturber (Amelia Peabody Mysteries (Paperback)) by Elizabeth Peters ISBN: 0380731959 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 January, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Snake, the Crocodile & the Dog, The (Amelia Peabody Mysteries (Paperback)) by Elizabeth Peters ISBN: 0446364789 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 1994 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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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: The Hippopotamus Pool (Amelia Peabody Mysteries (Paperback)) by Elizabeth Peters ISBN: 0446603988 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1997 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: The Mummy Case by Elizabeth Peters ISBN: 0446601934 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1995 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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