Guardian of the Horizon (Amelia Peabody Mysteries)
Series: Amelia Peabody (16)
Publisher: Avon
Published: March 29, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780061032462
Subjects: Mystery/Suspense; Peters, Elizabeth - Prose & Criticism; Fiction; Fiction - Mystery/ Detective; Mystery & Detective - Historical; Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths; Fiction / Mystery & Detective / General; Historical - General; Mystery & Detective - General
First sentence: When we left Egypt in the spring of 1907, I felt like a defeated general who has retreated to lick his wounds (if I may be permitted a somewhat inelegant but expressive metaphor).