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Originally Posted by HarryT
The main characters are inspired by real people. Amelia Peabody is loosely based on Amelia Edwards, author of an immensely popular travelogue called "A Thousand Miles Up the Nile" (which I created a copy of for the MR library), and Radcliffe Emerson on the famously irascible Egyptologist Sir Flinders Petrie.
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I did notice a mention of Petrie in the book. I thought this was about the right time period for him. I suspect he's being kept safely off-stage.
I am now £21 lighter, and 25 books heavier. (I got the Vicky Bliss books too.)