Laurel's review of The Camelot Caper
The Camelot Caper by Elizabeth Peters
Laurel's review
rating:
bookshelves:
archaeology,
cornwall,
cozy-mystery,
england
status:
Read in February, 2008
This is a nice, light, easy read with some humor. Not Arthurian, but some of the characters are very interested in King Arthur and the archaeology of 5th century artifacts. The characters visit quite a few "Arthurian" sites like Cadbury, Glastonbury, and Cornwall.
I also read this book, because one of the characters is apparently modeled after Dorothy Dunnett's Francis Crawford of Lymond, whom I adore (the character AND the author!) and this character will return in some of the Vicki Bliss novels, which I plan to read.
Here's the blurb from the back cover.....
"For Jessica Tregarth, an unexpected invitation to visit her grandfather in England is a wonderful surprise -- an opportunity to open doors to a family past that have always been closed to her. But sinister acts greet her arrival. A stranger tries to steal her luggage and later accosts her in Salisbury Cathedral. Mysterious villians pursue her through Cornwall, their motive and intentions unknown. Jessica's only ...more
I also read this book, because one of the characters is apparently modeled after Dorothy Dunnett's Francis Crawford of Lymond, whom I adore (the character AND the author!) and this character will return in some of the Vicki Bliss novels, which I plan to read.
Here's the blurb from the back cover.....
"For Jessica Tregarth, an unexpected invitation to visit her grandfather in England is a wonderful surprise -- an opportunity to open doors to a family past that have always been closed to her. But sinister acts greet her arrival. A stranger tries to steal her luggage and later accosts her in Salisbury Cathedral. Mysterious villians pursue her through Cornwall, their motive and intentions unknown. Jessica's only ...more
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