"Amelia peabody is not your average Victorian English-woman. She spent her youth caring for her aging father, who, unlike many men of the 1880s, taught his daughter the value of learning. When he passed away, Amelia inherited a fortune no one knew he had. Determined to live a little, Amelia sets off to explore a bit of the world. First stop: Rome, where she meets Evelyn, a gentlewoman who has fallen on hard times. The two couldn't be more different, but they become friends and travel companions. Next stop: Egypt and the Nile. But things soon become complicated. On a cruise up the Nile to an archaeological site, the women receive word that one of two brothers excavating the site is critically ill. Amelia has some knowledge of medicine, so she and Evelyn gather supplies and trek to the site. There, Amelia nurses the very sick and very cranky Radcliffe Emerson back to health. The two women decide to stay on at the dig for a while, and that's when the fun really begins. Is the site haunted? Will Emerson ever become less aantakerous? Will love bloom amid the desert danger?"--Inside cover.
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