the mummy case

i love all the amelia peabody books and like the other reviewers i enjoyed this one. i don't understand why they have some of the first books and then a gap. come on audible lets have more elizabeth peters peabody series. There are about 18 books in the series.

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Read again book with laughs

Third book of Amelia Peabody series and firm favourite introducing Ramses, and his escapades, to Egypt. The narrator is believable as she moves from each character engaging you in this entertaining novel. Have a listen, it's worth your time.

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Outstanding as always

The plot , characters and historical setting are engaging however, it is the excellent narration & performance which makes me always eager to hear the next book.

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Another excellent rendition

Barbara Rosenblat sounds like she is Amelia Peabody. A really enjoyable listening experience.

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A delightful romp, beautifully read.

This a lovely piece of escapism. The first-person narration is perfectly done by Peters and Barbara Rosenblat reads to perfection. She's stunning and it'd almost recommend this for the reader than for the writer! Every dialogue is beautifully timed and executed. The accents are pitch-perfect and she even gets the odd German pronunciation spot on. I can't vouch for the Arabic pronunciation by it's very convincing indeed.

I've heard a few criticisms of audiobooks as the 'lazy' option to absorbing a book. Perhaps, but with readers as good as Rosenblat, the audiobook becomes a convergence of two performances; the writer's work and the reader's rendition of it. The book is bigger, better and in the best of cases, more satisfying than one's own stab at it.

Highly recommended.

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The Mummy Case

This is an excellent book in the series with a well thought out story line and plot.

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Another winner - highly recommended

In this audio book, Barabara Rosenblat has captured Rameses to perfection. In addition to her other superb voices, she brings the precocious verbose youngster to life and make you chuckle. She also provides the foreign accents for the German Countess, the French archeologist, the American missionaries and the native Egyptian workers. Barbara doesn't just narrate the book she acts it with her voice so that the experience of listening is so much more enjoyable and does justice to the book.

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Brilliant books

My very first audible book was an Amelia Peabody novel read by Barbara Rosenblat you never want to switch the tape off. The Mummy Case is as compelling as the rest of the series. The book is spooky in its own way and funny. The way each and every Peabody book is written can bring history to life.

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An enjoyable listen.

This is the first time I've had a Elizabeth Peters book. I thoroughly enjoyed it. A good who dunit. The narrator was excellent. Can't wait to get the next.

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Brilliantly read

Elizabeth Peter’s entertaining story once again brought to life by the narration of Rosenblat, the absolute incarnation of Amelia Peabody.

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