There is nothing as exciting as getting a brand new library book written by your favourite author! So I curled up with the latest Elizabeth Peters ” A River in the Sky” at the weekend. As you’d expect for Amelia Peabody she’s setting the world to rights. It’s set in 1910 so fits into the run earlier than the more recent books and it’s set in Palestine rather than Egypt, though that doesn’t stop some of their Egyptian friends appearing. Spies, archaeology and high drama ensue and it is wonderful as always. Everyone should read these books!
Apparently the Ancient Egyptians referred to the rain in Palestine as a ‘river in the sky’ – I can only assume if they’d made it to Scotland they’d have had to opt for a lake in sky since the rain doesn’t seem to stop long enough to form a river.
