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The Golden One
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Harpercollins
Publication date May 1, 2002
Pages 688
Binding Paperback
Edition Large print
Book category Adult Fiction
ISBN-13 9780060093860
ISBN-10 0060093862
Dimensions 1.25 by 6.25 by 9.50 in.
Weight 2 lbs.
Original list price $25.95
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Summary
Revisiting Egypt in 1917 with her husband, son, and daughter-in-law, Egyptologist Amelia Peabody stumbles across a murdered body, a situation that is complicated by an assignment by British intelligence and her daughter-in-law's troubling secret. (Mystery)
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A new year, 1917, is dawning, and the Great War that ravages the world shows no sign of abating. Answering the siren call of Egypt once more, Amelia Peabody and her family arrive at their home in Luxor to learn of a new royal tomb ransacked by thieves. Soon an even more disturbing outrage concerns the intrepid clan of archaeologists: the freshly and savagely slain corpse of a thief defiling the ancient burial site.

Yet this is nothing compared with the lethal fate that threatens Ramses. Besieged by the British and defended by formidable Turkish and German forces, the fortified seaport of Gaza guards the gateway to the Holy Land. Answering a call he cannot refuse from British military intelligence, Ramses must journey to this ancient fabled city to undertake a mission as personal as it is perilous. Death will surely be his lot if he is caught or exposed. Meanwhile Ramses's wife, Nefret, guards a secret of her own....



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