Sahin Pasha reappears as one of the most cunning and surprising enemies Ramses has encountered to date. Is he really Sethos? He seems convincing. His appearance is funny until it turns dangerous. Ismail Pasha, the holy man who may or may not be Sethos, is portrayed for amusement. Ramses doesn't like him much so the reader doesn't either. Chetwode comes across as really silly but has hidden depths. Lieutenant Chetwode is the kind of young man Ramses was raised NOT to be. ![]() It's hard for the Emersons to keep all the new intelligence departments apart. In Part 2 we have a whole new adventure with new characters and new disguises. Albion acts like a grand lady and the type of woman Emerson can't stand. Everytime they come up against behavior they don't stand for, they become angry and while I don't blame them, most people of their time and class would not bat at eyelash. The Emersons just don't realize how unusual they are. His son, Sebastian, is a creep but sadly typical of men of the time. He feels like a shady character and I don't trust him. Part 1 introduces an American family, the Albions. His obsession with the motorcar is really really funny. Selim is proving to be as loyal as his father was before him. Selim plays a much larger role in this novel. Some of her angst is justified but not all of it and I feel Amelia gets rather harsh with the girl. Jumanna, who I greatly enjoyed in the previous book, annoys the heck out of me by behaving like a bratty teenager. Bertie seems to be healing from his trauma nicely but I'm not sure he's fully dedicated to Egyptology or at least not for the right reasons. I think he's still a rogue but a lovable one now and I don't believe he is really reformed!Ĭyrus Vandergeldt is still his gosh darn, excitable self. He never ceases to amaze me with his antics and how he gets in and out of trouble so easily. There's a new Emerson on board for some of the adventure, a stray cat Sennia names "The Great Cat of Re." Horus is funnier so far. Sennia manages not to annoy me in this novel. I admire her dedication to helping the prostitutes and I love how fiercely loving she is. It's funny how he's becoming a parent to his parents as he ages and they stay ever youthful. He's less pedantic and is better able to share his thoughts and feelings, at least with Nefret. I got a trifle bored and annoyed with his temper though. I just love Emerson "Father of Curses" and his antics. They're so Victorian and British they haven't been free with their overt expressions of love. It's nice to see Amelia's feelings for her son develop as he matures, Emerson's as well. It's a good thing she raised Nefret or Amelia would be a nightmare of a mother-in-law. Amelia is still Amelia- pragmatic, judgemental and hopelessly romantic. Where this book shines is in character development. They're a very sweet couple but their romance gets a little repetitive and boring. I also find the romance between Ramses and Nefret grates on me after awhile. I was expecting something a lot more exciting and dangerous. The conclusion to Book 3 also falls flat. Elizabeth Peters knew how to lighten a difficult subject by infusing it with humor caused by the chaos that follows the Emersons. Book 2 is a hair-raising, breathtaking adventure but it's also really funny. I kept wishing the Emersons would return to their purpose for being in Egypt in the first place. Book 2 is a self-contained adventure that has nothing to do with archeology or Egyptology. ![]() It leaves a plot left unfinished to be picked up again in Book 3. Book 1 contains too much summary of previous events and concludes rather anticlimactically and too easily. The jacket summary emphasizes the plot of Book 2 but Book 1 is longer. It feels like two books in one and is very disjointed. ![]() I think this is the weakest book of the series (of those written by Elizabeth Peters) so far. Worried for their son's safety but also for Sethos, Emerson, Amelia and Nefret are not about to be left behind! It seems the Emersons' kinsman has possibly turned traitor and only Ramses can identify the holy man who may or may not be Sethos. The War Office or some such department is after Ramses again but he steadfastly refuses until "Mr. The Emersons discover they have a forbiddable (or not so) adversary when an old nemesis returns. Cyrus is hoping to find that tomb or another rich one while Emerson is content to excavate temples. Sethos puts in a brief appearance only to disappear, surprisingly bringing on more worry for Emerson. In Cairo the gossips talk of a newly looted tomb but the Master is not the usual suspect. They will stay, come what may, rather than risk being sunk by a German U-boat. ![]() It's 1917 and the Peabody Emersons are back in Egypt indefinitely, until the end of the war.
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