The Jackal's Head

De: Elizabeth Peters

Narrado por: Grace Conlin

Althea Tomlinson comes back to Egypt as just another tourist, showing the country to a spoiled 17-year-old girl. That's what she tells herself, anyway. Really, though, what drives her is a desire to discover the truth behind her father's disgrace and subsequent death.

That Althea knows something - something buried in her memory - is unquestionable. But what? Finding out will clear her father's name, certainly. It could also lead to Althea's death, because the secret is centuries old - as old as the treasure of Nefertiti.

©1968 Elizabeth Peters (P)1995 Blackstone Audio Inc.

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Elizabeth Peters is truly great." (San Francisco Chronicle)

Timeless

This book is from the late 60s and it's as Good today as it was decades ago. Highly recommend it.

Old Attitude Toward Women

I might have really enjoyed this story when originally written, not so much now, and I know I would have been aggravated by some of it even then. I never liked John Wayne paddling women or physically putting them in their place. And unfortunately, there is too much of that here. One of the guys actually threatens to put the heroine over his knee. And the hero of the tale orders her around and forces her to do what he thinks best. It is a shame that the author, who was an Egyptologist in her own right included scenes like that. Otherwise it was a good read.

Good story line

But not Amelia Peabody Emerson and definitely not Barbara Rosenblat as narrator. No or reads like Barbara.

The history

I love the Amelia Peabody series and was hoping this standalone Elizabeth Peters adventure romance set in Egypt would be similar…Not so much. The history was interesting, the story felt like cliffnotes, the romance was pathetic, and the ending was abrupt. I’m glad this wasn’t my first Elizabeth Peters novel. I never would have read the amazing Amelia Peabody and Radcliff Emerson series.

Predictable

So sorry to say the story was predictable and narration so so. I usually love Elizabeth Peters work.