This image is the cover for the book The Egyptian Series: Green Treasure

The Egyptian Series: Green Treasure

Are there emeralds still to be found at Sikait in the Mountains of the Eastern, Red Desert of Egypt bordering the Red Sea? Donald Phipps, archaeologist, is fairly confident there must be some good stones left there although, since the time of Cleopatra two thousand years ago, nobody has really bothered to search for them. His ‘patron’, Solomon Hunter III, is arriving from New York, to see the stones. Where is Donald? He has vanished. Donald’s rogue brother, Alistair, comes to Egypt hoping to cash in on Don’s fortune. He steals the stones that have already been found, bolts and is found dead. His brother tries to report him dead, but gets locked up himself. For 6 weeks nobody knows where he is; is he dead or what? Don’s daughter and nephew travel to Egypt searching for him. Nobody knows anything. This story ranges from the Red Sea, East of the Nile, to the West Bank and the Valley of the Kings.

Joanna Hill

Many years ago, Joanna worked for New York University’s Institute of Fine Arts and went on an excavation in Egypt for several seasons. She fell in love with Egypt. More recently she has written several histories the most recent being Wellington’s Right Hand, Rowland Viscount Hill about one of Wellington’s most successful generals; A Very Canny Scot, Daniel Campbell of Shawfield and Islay is a biography of a very successful Scot who was a signatory to the Act of Union in 1707. She has also written numerous articles many for History Scotland and also for France magazine from a period when she lived in France.

Austin Macauley Publishers