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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Harperaudio
Publication date May 1, 2002
Binding Cassette/Spoken Word
Edition Abridged
Book category Adult Fiction
ISBN-13 9780694525096
ISBN-10 069452509X
Dimensions 1.25 by 4.25 by 7 in.
Weight 0.40 lbs.
Availability§ Out of Print
Original list price $25.95
Other format details audio
§As reported by publisher
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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 a dangerous assignment for British intelligence and her daughter-in-law's troubling secret. Read by Barbara Rosenblat. Simultaneous.
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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 husband and son, Ramses, arrive at their home in Luxor to learn of a new royal tomb ransacked by thieves. Soon, a more disturbing outrage concerns the archaeologists: the freshly and savagely slain corpse of a thief defiling the ancient burial site.

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...

Performed by Barbara Rosenblat

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