In addition, yesterday I ran across mention of Elizabeth Peters's Amelia Peabody series, and...this looks like something I need to read
The Amelia Peabody books are fantastic. Great characters, fun dialogue, and historical accuracy absolutely to the nines. The author really knows her stuff (she has a few academic books out on Egyptology under her other name, and I keep meaning to hunt them down), and she's very good at using that information without overusing it and making it inaccessible to audiences who don't know anything about (or have much interest in) Egyptian archaeology. I hope you like them!!!
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Date: 2010-08-29 12:23 am (UTC)The Amelia Peabody books are fantastic. Great characters, fun dialogue, and historical accuracy absolutely to the nines. The author really knows her stuff (she has a few academic books out on Egyptology under her other name, and I keep meaning to hunt them down), and she's very good at using that information without overusing it and making it inaccessible to audiences who don't know anything about (or have much interest in) Egyptian archaeology. I hope you like them!!!