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The Falcon at the Portal

The Amelia Peabody Series, Book 11

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By: Elizabeth Peters
Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
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 Join spunky Amelia and her charming family for a thrilling new archaeological adventure in Edwardian Egypt. Even on the joyous occasion of the marriage of their Egyptian "son" David to their beloved niece Lia, trouble finds Amelia and hunky hubby Emerson. And this time it is personal.

In London, someone impersonating David is peddling high-quality fake antiquities, and soon the Emerson-Peabody home is burglarized. Once in Egypt, trouble only escalates as Amelia becomes a shooter's target, her son Ramses is implicated in a paternity scandal, and an American girl is found dead in the shaft of the pyramid they are excavating. When the family's impetuous ward Nefret disappears and comes back married, it takes all of their upper-crust British restraint to keep familial relations civil.

Grand Master Elizabeth Peters once again delivers the delectable goods we have come to expect: beloved characters, an intriguing mystery, and alluring settings among the ruins. Romance and danger heighten the excitement, as does Barbara Rosenblat's narration, which is nothing short of perfection.

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"Between Amelia Peabody and Indiana Jones, it's Amelia, in wit and daring, by a landslide." (The New York Times Book Review)
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The storylines are always good and the characters grow and age with each book. I thoroughly enjoy all the Amelia Peabody series and Barbara Rosenblat brings all the characters to life.

The Falcon at the Portal

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The Peabody-Emerson saga is superb in every aspect! The audiobook with Barbara Rosenblat’s as a narrator is 5*, she is amazing!

Perfect heroine

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We've skipped a few books in this series, not deliberately may I add, so it took a while to adjust to an adult Ramses. As with the other stories however, the characters jelled and the story proceeded comfortably and interestingly.

The best narrator we've heard

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Read this series ages ago and had forgotten about it. Delighted
to return to it in audio format. The books are well written, witty
and interesting, sheer escapism, and beautifully read.

fab

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This series is a great mix of soap opera, crime novel, thriller and Egyptology hand book - all wrapped in a dry humour. Fantastic.

Brilliant

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