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Barbara Louise Mertz (September 29, 1927 – August 8, 2013) was an American author who wrote under her own name as well as under the pseudonyms Elizabeth Peters and Barbara Michaels. In 1952, she received a PhD in Egyptology from the University of Chicago .
Amelia Peabody Emerson is the protagonist of the Amelia Peabody series, a series of historical mystery novels written by author Elizabeth Peters (a pseudonym of Egyptologist Barbara Mertz, 1927–2013).
Amelia Peabody is introduced in the series' first novel, Crocodile on the Sandbank, as a confirmed spinster, suffragist, and scholar, living in England in 1884.She inherits a fortune from her father and leaves England to see the world, with the side benefit of escaping various suitors and family members who were neither aware that she would be the sole beneficiary of her father's estate nor ...
The Vicky Bliss Mysteries is a mystery novel series by Barbara Mertz, [1] writing as Elizabeth Peters. [2] A published Egyptologist, Mertz wrote three mystery series and a number of stand-alone novels under the name Elizabeth Peters [3] plus gothic and supernatural thrillers under the name Barbara Michaels.
Children of the Storm is the 15th in a series of historical mystery novels, written by American writer Elizabeth Peters, first published in 2003. [1] [2] The audiobook is narrated by British actress Barbara Rosenblat. [3] Children of the Storm features fictional sleuth and archaeologist Amelia Peabody. The story is set in the 1919–1920 dig ...
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...
Elizabeth Peters' background in Egyptology lends authenticity to the settings and the history presented in the novel. The method of travel by boat ("dahabeeyah") down the Nile that was popular in the late 1800s, as well as the customs of the various cultures, are true to the era.
Here's everything you need to know about Oppenheimer's two children and what has happened in the 56 years since their father's death. J. Robert Oppenheimer's wife, Katherine, daughter Kit and son ...