The Golden One, Elizabeth Peters
The Golden One, Elizabeth Peters
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The Golden One

Author: Elizabeth Peters

Narrator: Barbara Rosenblat

Abridged: 6 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 04/05/2005

Synopsis

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

About Elizabeth Peters

Elizabeth Peters earned her Ph.D. in Egyptology from the University of Chicago’s famed Oriental Institute. During her fifty-year career, she wrote more than seventy novels and three nonfiction books on Egypt. She received numerous writing awards and, in 2012, was given the first Amelia Peabody Award, created in her honor. She died in 2013, leaving a partially completed manuscript of The Painted Queen.

About Barbara Rosenblat

Barbara Rosenblat is a multi-award-winning voice actor for audiobooks. On Broadway, she created the role of 'Mrs. Medlock' in 'The Secret Garden'.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Cherie on October 17, 2018

My favorite part of this series, besides the mystery and Egyptian archeology information is how the characters have changed over the time of the series. It is like having a real life family and watching them grow up and change over time. Children have been born, grown up and gotten married, and new......more

Goodreads review by QNPoohBear on December 05, 2021

It's 1917 and the Peabody Emersons are back in Egypt indefinitely, until the end of the war. They will stay, come what may, rather than risk being sunk by a German U-boat. In Cairo the gossips talk of a newly looted tomb but the Master is not the usual suspect. Sethos puts in a brief appearance only......more

Goodreads review by Jane on March 14, 2021

Not the most memorable of the Peabody books in my opinion, but an enjoyable romp nevertheless. The cast of characters is now so large and the plot so complicated that it can be hard to keep it all in my head, but I tend to just let go of my critical faculties and enjoy the ride. This episode has the......more

Goodreads review by Amanda on March 02, 2009

It's March as I finish this particular reread of the Amelia series and I think I'm going to take a pause here. He Shall Thunder in the Sky is arguably the best of the series and everything after that is somewhat downhill. But here you really start to notice an uneveness in her writing. The book is d......more

Goodreads review by Linniegayl on July 21, 2022

Once again I listened to this in audio (latest re-listen of the series) and the narration was fantastic. The book is also a solid A for me, so five stars here. I had forgotten just how much is packed into The Golden One. In truth, it's almost like three books, all tied together. In the first the focu......more

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