Children of the Storm

by Elizabeth Peters

Paperback, 2004

Status

Available

Call number

813.54

Publication

Constable and Robinson (2004), Paperback, 320 pages

Description

The Great War has ended at last. Archaeologist Amelia Peabody and her husband, Emerson, the distinguished Egyptologist, no longer fear for the life of their daring son, Ramses, now free from his dangerous wartime obligations to British Intelligence. Delightful new additions to the growing Emerson family and new wonders waiting to be discovered beneath the shifting Egyptian sands mark a time of new beginnings in Luxor. However, the theft of valuable antiquities from the home of a friend -- including a magnificent gold bracelet adorned with the image of the goddess Hathor -- causes great concern. Ramses's encounter with a woman costumed in the veil and gold crown of Hathor herself only deepens the mystery. With those in her circle suddenly plagued by a series of "accidents," Amelia attempts to connect these troubling threads into a pattern. But her investigation is setting her on a collision course with an adversary more formidable than any she has ever encountered. Performed by Barbara Rosenblat.… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member reeread

For once, it wasn't Amelia who was in dire danger waiting to be rescued. She has the less familiar experience of being powerless to change anything and simply has to wait before all is revealed and resolved. This episode in her life has her surrounded by many family members, a contrast to those set

in the war years when travel was limited.

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LibraryThing member bugs5

good book, likeable characters, but not a pg. turner

LibraryThing member mccin68

I have fallen in love with these stories as much for the witty, action oriented stories as the narrator Barbara Rosenblat. I have read a few of the stories and found them slightly less enjoyable that hearing the dynamic readings they are such a treat!

LibraryThing member BookWallah

Love Peters, but this one was a dud. Love Emerson clan, but not a lot of human interest in this one. Very slow to start, if you must read start AFTER the first 200pp. Eventually it wakes up and finishes with bang.

LibraryThing member nolak

The book opens with the introduction of Ramses and Nefret's twins, a boy and a girl. The next generation of the Emerson family and that of Abdullah rises to the fore as they all converge on the new family home in the Luxor area. Sethos is disturbed by his daughter's hatred, so Amelia acts as an

intermediary to bring them back together. A theft and a murder and strange appearances of someone dressed as the goddess Hathor and kidnapping all combine to cause the family to wonder who is left of their enemies to cause them trouble. It turns up to be someone bent on revenge, but of whose existence they were entirely unaware. The intense ending of the story and the positive outcome make it worth reading. It is fun to see Amelia and Emerson as grandparents as well.

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LibraryThing member michcard

needed something while at the folks' place. I like her style and the characters, but why is the solution based on a fact not in the storyline?

LibraryThing member riverwillow

WWI is over and the extended Emerson-Peabody clan, including the adopted and illegitimate members, friends and assorted cats have assembled in Egypt for the excavation season. Inevitably it doesn't take long before there's a theft and the family inexorably gets drawn into the investigation. During

the course of the investigations the past becomes inextricably entwined in the present and may well hold the key to the series of mysterious and seemingly random series of events surrounding the family. Another superb read from cover to cover, the last few lines of the book left me laughing out loud and desperate for me. Wonderful.

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LibraryThing member bookwoman247

The Amelia Peabody series still hasn't grown stale for me. The characters are so delghtful, their adventures are so exhilarating, and so many wonderful new characters are added, that it is still fresh and more fun than the three-ring circus that their lives often resemble.

In this installment,

Amelia and co. are on the trail of thieves who've stolen a few very valuable pieces of Ancient Egyptian jewelery from their good friend, Cyrus Vandergelt, as they try to work out a pattern to a number of other seemingly unrelated events.

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LibraryThing member tjsjohanna

I'm getting quite a kick out of these latest books in the series. Sethos is a wonderful addition to the family cast as well as little children (who all sound alike but who nevertheless add a bit of humor to storyline). One thing I enjoy about Ms. Peters' books is that she freely mingles caricature

with real life touches - the fear that Nefret has for her family if she were to die brings the story closer to the reader. I'll be sad to reach the end of the Emerson family adventures...

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LibraryThing member p.d.r.lindsay

I read the first Amelia Peabody novel a long time ago. I do not normally read romances, they irritate me. But stroppy 'old' Miss Peabody rescuing Evelyn and then clashing with such obvious deliberate fun with Emerson made for hilarious reading. And Elizabeth Peters was in no danger of getting her

historical details or Egyptology wrong. I hate authors who can’t do their research, or only do superficial research.

Over the years novels have followed as the Emerson clan produced children who grew up and now it is the fifteenth novel, 'Children of the Storm', WWI is over, everyone hopes for peace, Amelia has grandchildren to guard and the archaeology continues. The plot this time I felt a little melodramatic but still the characters are good fun, and the events exciting - I am afraid I laughed when the boat sank! - and Amelia brings it all together and gets her precious family and friends home in nearly one piece.

A cheerful, cheering read and definitely one for the Miss Peabody fans. Just the sort of novel to curl up with for a cosy night in. I would suggest that anyone who really wants to get the most out of the novels start with the first because it gives you clear insight in to Amelia Peabody and that is where you will either love her or she will drive you nuts. Diving into the later novels without understanding Amelia means you may well be annoyed by her bossy and managing ways and miss out on all the fun when she needles Emerson and he needles her.

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LibraryThing member pussreboots

Now with Ramses as a married adult with chidlren, he's actually written as a believable and somewhat likable character. He's also delightfully quiet! The series is back to pace of the first book except that it's at least twice as long.

LibraryThing member antiquary

This is first Amelia Peabody set after World War I; her family has now been enlarged by twins born to Ramsses and Nefret, and the whole family is returning to Egypt for excavation without, presumably, the wartime intrigues. But of course danger does ensue. Incidentally, though the title is

presumably explained by the epigraph from an ancient Egyptian text, I cannot help suspecting that Peters, as a professed admirer of H. Rider Haggard, was influenced by his novel Child of Storm,, one of his Zulu series.

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LibraryThing member kmartin802

Now that World War I is over the Emerson family is reuniting in Egypt. Walter and Evelyn along with their daughter Lia, her husband David, and their two grandchildren are coming to Luxor to join Amelia and Emerson, their son Ramses, daughter-in-law Nefret and twin grandchildren Davie and Charla. It

makes for a crowded couple of houses especially when Sethos and his daughter Molly are added to the bunch.

The crimes this time include the theft of some of the jewelry found in the princesses' tomb and the assumed theft of the treasures by the man hired to restore the jewelry who has disappeared. Then Ramses is kidnapped by a figure calling herself Hathor and there are various "accidents" happening to the Emersons and their colleagues. The most serious is a car accident that almost takes Selim's life.

There are so many events of a suspicious nature that Amelia is quite confused about the purpose and perpetrator of all of the chaos. Amelia's persistence and help from various members of her family do manage to solve the thing. But not before Nefret and Emerson are kidnapped by the villains and a daring rescue needs to be mounted.

This was another excellent episode in the long-running Amelia Peabody series.

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