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Amelia Peabody's Egypt : a compendium / preface by Elizabeth Peters ; edited by Elizabeth Peters & Kristen Whitbread ; designed by Dennis Forbes ; contributions by numerous authors.
- Title
- Amelia Peabody's Egypt : a compendium / preface by Elizabeth Peters ; edited by Elizabeth Peters & Kristen Whitbread ; designed by Dennis Forbes ; contributions by numerous authors.
- Publication
- New York : Morrow, c2003.
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- Description
- 334 p. : ill.; 29 cm.
- Summary
- A monumental volume of Egyptian culture, history, and arcania, to help readers immerse themselves in Amelia Peabody's world more completely than ever before.
- Subject
- Peabody, Amelia (Fictitious character)
- Detective and mystery stories, American > History and criticism
- Historical fiction, American > History and criticism
- Excavations (Archaeology) > Egypt
- Women detectives in literature
- Antiquities in literature
- Archaeology in literature
- Egyptology > Miscellanea
- Egyptology > Great Britain > Miscellanea
- Egypt > In literature
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Trivia and miscellanea
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 331).
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Preface / Elizabeth Peters -- The Emerson era: I : the historical background to the journals. A splendid overview of Egyptology: Napoleon to World War I / Dennis Forbes ; A commanding perspective: the British in Egypt, 1884-1917 / Jocelyn Gohary -- Pictorial essay: The Emerson's bane: tourists along the Nile -- The Emerson era: II : the cultural background to the journals. An expert analysis of the principles of Islam as encountered by the Emersons / Salima Ikram ; Pictorial essay: The art & architecture of Islam ; "Lesser breeds without the law": an insightful diatribe on the Victorian attitude towards other cultures & peoples / Barbara Mertz ; Upstairs, downstairs: a skillful overview of Victorian servants & their duties / Margareta Knauff ; From parlor to pyramid: a scholarly study of Amelia Peabody Emerson & the women's movement / Elizabeth Foxwell ; A specialized indulgence: Amelia Peabody Emerson & the evolution of fashion, 1884-1915 / Florence Rutherford ; Seen but not heard: a sympathetic scrutiny of the Victorian philosophy of childrearing / Margareta Knauff ; Modern inconveniences: a scientific investigation of technological developments in the Emerson era / Lisa Speckhardt ; Musical heritage: an adept discussion of the musical repertoire of the Emerson family / Kristen Whitbread ; The best of wonder: an authoritative analysis of Victorian popular fiction / Barbara Michaels ; Pictorial essay: Victorian visions of ancient Egypt -- People, places & things: a handy reference to the journals. The people of the journals (& a few animals, too) ; Up & down the Nile (& other places, as well ; Words you may not find in Webster (foreign words & phrases) ; Introducing some ancient Egyptians (human & divine) ; Pictorial essay: Egypt & the Egyptians as the Emersons knew them ; Ancient Egyptian texts referred to in the journals ; The wit & wisdom of Amelia Peabody Emerson (& some others) ; Ancient Egypt 101: a quick refresher course / Betty Winkelman.
- ISBN
- 0060538112 (acid-free paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2002192192
- OCLC
- 51242214
- SCSB-11015620
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library