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The Painted Queen de Elizabeth Peters

The Painted Queen: Amelia Peabody Mysteries, cartea 20

Autor Elizabeth Peters, Joan Hess
en Limba Engleză CD-Audio

Ne-a atras atenția, încă de la primele pagini, structura narativă alertă care împletește rigoarea istorică cu dinamismul unui roman polițist clasic. Acțiunea se declanșează brutal: un străin agonizând în apartamentul Ameliei, un bilet misterios cu numele „Iuda” și cadavre care poartă, inexplicabil, același accesoriu — un monoclu de aur. Tensiunea este constantă. Suntem în 1912, un an de cotitură pentru arheologie, iar familia Emerson se află în centrul celei mai mari descoperiri a epocii: bustul pictat al reginei Nefertiti. Recomandăm acest volum pentru felul în care gestionează suspansul, alternând între pericolul iminent al asasinilor și munca metodică de pe șantierul de la Amarna. Merită menționat că The Painted Queen amintește de The Snake, the Crocodile and the Dog prin atmosfera de „lună de miere” întreruptă de conspirații, dar se diferențiază prin greutatea sa emoțională, fiind piesa de final a unui puzzle întins pe decenii. Dacă în The Curse of the Pharaohs asistam la consolidarea cuplului Amelia-Emerson în fața superstițiilor, aici îi vedem confruntându-se cu un inamic mult mai palpabil și mai periculos. Este o cursă contracronometru în care miza nu este doar un artefact neprețuit, ci însăși supraviețuirea clanului Emerson. Stilul este tăios, dialogurile sunt pline de spirit, iar prezența lui Sethos adaugă acel strat de imprevizibil care a consacrat seria. Finalul este o reverență în fața unei cariere literare de excepție, încheind magistral saga celei mai iubite egiptoloage din beletristica contemporană.

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ISBN-13: 9781538418925
ISBN-10: 1538418924
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Seria Amelia Peabody Mysteries

De ce să citești această carte

Pentru cititorii care caută o aventură istorică autentică, scrisă de un expert în domeniu. Câștigați o incursiune fascinantă în Egiptul de la începutul secolului XX și satisfacția rezolvării unui mister complex alături de Amelia Peabody. Este ocazia rară de a vedea cum se încheie o serie legendară, primind răspunsuri la întrebări care au persistat de-a lungul multor volume. O lectură densă, plină de adrenalină și erudiție.

Despre autor

Barbara Louise Mertz (1927–2013), cunoscută sub pseudonimul Elizabeth Peters, a fost o figură remarcabilă, deținând un doctorat în egiptologie de la Universitatea din Chicago. Această expertiză i-a permis să scrie peste șaptezeci de romane în care detaliile istorice sunt impecabile. A primit numeroase distincții, inclusiv titlul de Grand Master din partea Mystery Writers of America. The Painted Queen a fost finalizată de Joan Hess, o scriitoare premiată cu Agatha Award și prietenă apropiată a autoarei, care a respectat viziunea și vocea unică a lui Mertz pentru a oferi fanilor un final demn de seria Amelia Peabody.

Descriere scurtă

Egypt, 1912--Amelia Peabody and her dashing archeologist husband, Radcliffe Emerson, are once again in danger as they search for a priceless, stolen bust of legendary Queen Nefertiti.Arriving in Cairo for another thrilling excavation season, Amelia is relaxing in a well-earned bubble bath in her elegant hotel suite in Cairo, when a man with knife protruding from his back staggers into the bath chamber and utters a single word--"Murder"--before collapsing on the tiled floor, dead. Among the few possessions he carried was a sheet of paper with Amelia's name and room number, and a curious piece of pasteboard the size of a calling card bearing one word: "Judas." Most peculiarly, the stranger was wearing a gold-rimmed monocle in his left eye. It quickly becomes apparent that someone saved Amelia from a would-be assassin--someone who is keeping a careful eye on the intrepid Englishwoman. Discovering a terse note clearly meant for Emerson--Where were you?"--pushed under their door, there can be only one answer: the brilliant master of disguise, Sethos. But neither assassins nor the Genius of Crime will deter Amelia as she and Emerson head to the excavation site at Amarna, where they will witness the discovery of one of the most precious Egyptian artifacts: the iconic Nefertiti bust. In 1345 B.C. the sculptor Thutmose crafted the piece in tribute to the great beauty of this queen who was also the chief consort of Pharaoh Akhenaten and stepmother to King Tutankhamun.For Amelia, this excavation season will prove to be unforgettable. Throughout her journey, a parade of men in monocles will die under suspicious circumstances, fascinating new relics will be unearthed, a diabolical mystery will be solved, and a brilliant criminal will offer his final challenge ... and perhaps be unmasked at last

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Egypt, 1912. Amelia Peabody and her dashing archaeologist husband, Radcliffe Emerson, are once again in danger as they search for a priceless, stolen bust of legendary Queen Nefertiti...

Arriving in Cairo for another thrilling excavation season, Amelia is relaxing in her elegant hotel suite when a man with knife protruding from his back staggers into her chamber and utters a single word -'Murder' - before collapsing on the floor, dead. It soon becomes apparent that someone has saved Amelia from a would-be assassin-someone who is keeping a careful eye on the intrepid archaeologist. And there can be only one answer: the brilliant master of disguise, Sethos.

For Amelia, this excavation season will prove to be unforgettable; one where a brilliant criminal will offer his final challenge . . . and perhaps be unmasked at last.

'Think Miss Marple with early feminist gloss crossed with Indiana Jones' The Guardian

Recenzii

“[T]he Emerson clan takes a fitting final bow as the curtain falls on a pioneering career.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Devoted Amelia Peabody fans will read this book with tears in their eyes as they bid farewell to these much-loved characters (and author).” — Library Journal
“Amelia has really pitched a tent in our hearts.” — Philadelphia Inquirer
“Amelia Peabody, the bossy archaeologist in Elizabeth Peters’s romantic adventures set in Egypt at the end of the last century, makes a perfect companion for a cruise up the Nile.” — New York Times
“Amelia is rather like Indiana Jones, Sherlock Holmes and Miss Marple all rolled into one.” — Washington Post Book World
“Peters’s wily cast of characters keeps the reader coming back for more.” — San Francisco Chronicle
“Grand adventure.” — Toronto Sun
“[A] jewel of a series.” — New York Times Book Review
“Deeply satisfying. . . . The joy of the Amelia books has always been their elegant sense of humor . . . Peters manages to satirize romantic thrillers while producing some of the finest in the genre.” — Entertainment Weekly
“Once again, MWA Grandmaster Peters uses vivid settings, sharp characterizations, and deft dialogue to transport the reader to another time and place.” — Publishers Weekly
“No one is better at juggling torches while dancing on a high wire than Elizabeth Peters.” — Chicago Tribune
“Deeply satisfying. . . . The joy of the Amelia books has always been their elegant sense of humor . . . Peters manages to satirize romantic thrillers while producing some of the finest in the genre.” — The New York Times Book Review

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Arriving in Cairo for the 1912-1913 excavation season, Amelia Peabody is relaxing in a bath when a man with a knife protruding from his back staggers into the chamber and utters one word—“Murder!”—before dying. It becomes apparent that someone saved Amelia from a would-be assassin—someone who is keeping an eye on the intrepid Englishwoman.
But nothing will deter Amelia as she and her husband, Emerson, head to Amarna, where a priceless treasure was recently discovered: the iconic Nefertiti bust, crafted in 1345 B.C. It is one of the most precious Egyptian artifacts ever found . . . and now, it seems, it is unaccountably missing.
For Amelia, this excavation season will be unforgettable, as a parade of men in monocles dies under suspicious circumstances, fascinating new relics are unearthed, a murderous quest for vengeance is thwarted, and a diabolical mystery is solved at last.

Notă biografică

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.