Guardian of the Horizon
- Published
- 1 January 2004
- Pages
- 434
- ISBN-13
- 9780060836849
- Type
- novel
About this book
Guardian of the Horizon (2004), the sixteenth entry at 434 pages, is one of two genuine outliers in the series: rather than continuing directly on from the book before it, it's framed as an episode Amelia sets down out of sequence, filling in a gap from earlier in the family's history. Publication order still places it here, between Children of the Storm and The Serpent on the Crown.
Key facts about Guardian of the Horizon
Elizabeth Peters wrote Guardian of the Horizon, a novel on our list. It has been out since 2004. The book has 434 pages.
We list 2 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780060836849 to find the main one.
Guardian of the Horizon is book 16 of 20 in the Amelia Peabody series. The series has 20 published books. However, the series starts with Crocodile on the Sandbank (1975). The Painted Queen is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 25 July 2017.
Additionally, Elizabeth Peters writes Vicky Bliss and Jacqueline Kirby as separate series. Those series sit on our mystery and historical mystery shelves. Meanwhile, The Painted Queen is the latest published Elizabeth Peters book on file, from 25 July 2017.
About Elizabeth Peters
Elizabeth Peters was the pen name of Barbara Mertz, an American author with a PhD in Egyptology who used that academic background to write the Amelia Peabody series, following a formidable Victorian Egyptologist and her family through decades of archaeological adventure and murder mystery in and around real excavation sites in Egypt. See every Elizabeth Peters book in order.
Its place in Amelia Peabody
Guardian of the Horizon is book 16 in the Amelia Peabody series. It follows Children of the Storm. It is followed by The Serpent on the Crown. See the full Amelia Peabody reading order.
Elizabeth Peters' Amelia Peabody novels follow a formidable Victorian Egyptologist and amateur detective through four decades of archaeological digs, family drama, and murder along the Nile. Amelia Peabody Emerson — sharp-tongued, parasol-wielding, utterly unwilling to accept the limits Victorian and Edwardian society placed on women — meets her match and husband, the brilliant, foul-mouthed archaeologist Radcliffe Emerson, in the first book, and the series follows their marriage, their excavations of real…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780060588458
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780060836849