The Painted Queen
- Published
- 25 July 2017
- Pages
- 352
- ISBN-13
- 9780062083517
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Painted Queen (2017), the twentieth and final novel at 352 pages, was left unfinished when Elizabeth Peters -- the pen name of Egyptologist Barbara Mertz -- died in 2013. Fellow mystery novelist Joan Hess completed it from Peters' notes and outline, closing out the twenty-book saga that followed Amelia and Emerson from their 1884 marriage through Egypt's golden age of excavation.
Key facts about The Painted Queen
Elizabeth Peters wrote The Painted Queen, a novel on our list. It has been out since 25 July 2017. The book has 352 pages.
We list 2 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780062083517 to find the main one.
The Painted Queen is book 20 of 20 in the Amelia Peabody series. The series has 20 published books. However, the series starts with Crocodile on the Sandbank (1975). It is also the latest book in the series with a full release date.
Additionally, Elizabeth Peters writes Vicky Bliss and Jacqueline Kirby as separate series. Those series sit on our mystery and historical mystery shelves. It is also the latest published Elizabeth Peters book on file.
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
The Painted Queen is book 20 in the Amelia Peabody series. It follows A River in the Sky. 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 9780062083517
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781472126825