The Ape Who Guards the Balance: An Amelia Peabody Novel of Suspense (Amelia Peabody Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.28 (837 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0061951633 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 576 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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An exciting read and an excellent narration. Amazon Customer The Emerson/Peabody family take us in a wonderful ride of Egyptian archeology, humor, spies, thieves, murder and mayhem. This is also the time of women suffragettes in England. Amelia also has to deal with prejudices she didn't realize she had regarding Egyptians. It is a satisfying read on many levels, perhaps my favorite in the series. The narration by Barbara Rosenblat is superb.. Billy L. Myers said A Review: "The Ape Who Guards the Balance". The many plot twists, red herrings, false leads and unexpected triumphs of "The Ape Who Guards the Balance" has been covered skillfully in other reviews elsewhere so I won't supply a plot synopsis here. It might be better to use this small space to tell why this book and this series is such a special treat to this fan.Ms. Peters gives us romance without being maudlin, action without excessive or graphic violence and mystery without melodrama. (ok, maybe a *little* melodrama) Her humor is laugh-out-loud funny and she even manages to insert Egyptian history . Amazon Customer said the books (Amelia Peabody) are interesting historically and a delight to get to know her family and their Egyptian. All of the books (Amelia Peabody) are interesting historically and a delight to get to know her family and their Egyptian workers. There is always a bit of a mystery involved which keeps it interesting.
It seems Romer is one of the few remaining private collectors of Egyptian antiquities, and a series of bizarre events at the protest soon embroil Amelia in grave personal danger. As in previous novels the dialogue is reminiscent of The Thin Man. Other Peabody mysteries include Seeing a Large Cat, The Hippopotamus Pool, The Snake, the Crocodile, and the Dog, The Deeds of the Disturber, Lion in the Valley, The Curse of the Pharaohs, and Crocodile on the Sandbank. --Patrick O'Kelley. Ramses, Radcliffe, and Amelia all have their theories as to the origin of the crime, but their own lives might soon be at stake if the cult of Thoth and their ancient book is, indeed, involved. Suspecting that the Master Crim
The Charleston Post and Courier proclaims Elizabeth Peters “a mistress of plot,” while the New York Times Book Review declares, “Amelia remains an irrepressible delight.”. “Delightful….An engrossing plot and writing of the highest caliber.”—Washington Times A globe-trotting archeologist with more grit, wit, and fortitude than Indian Jones himself, the intrepid Amelia Peabody confronts danger and dark mystery in the desert sands of Egypt in The Ape Who Guards the Balance—a breathtaking adventure from New York Times bestselling Grandmaster Elizabeth Peters that encompasses treachery, villainy, bloodthirsty cults, the Book of the Dead…and murder most foul