Lion in the Valley

Few place this below four stars, which I cannot fathom. I can demonstrate why my three stars are a tolerant stretch. I thought we would be settled by volume IV and see action. Depicting an English family in the 1800s, with American expressions instead of “supper”: “The Lion In The Valley” merely yie......more

3.5 stars. The mysteries never seem to matter in these books as the interest comes from the attitudes and dynamics between Peabody and Emerson and of course the insufferable Ramses.......more

I loved, loved, LOVED this book!! Everytime I start the next Amelia Peabody story I worry that Elizabeth Peters won't be able to maintain the extraordinarily intelligent and utterly hilarious banter between Amelia and Emerson. Thankfully, she has not let me down thus far. In fact, each book has mana......more

This book is full of romantic triangles. I would like to tell you all about them but I don’t want to ruin the surprises. What I will tell you is that Amelia and Emerson are excellent and I still love little Ramses. He’s 8 now and still precocious. I love his long dissertations on archeology. He alw......more