The Murders of Richard III by Elizabeth Peters

The series includes 4 books.īarbara Mertz has also written additional books under the pen name Barbara Michaels. There are 6 books in the series.Įlizabeth Peters’ third series is called Jaqueline Kirby, who is an ex-librarian, now a bestselling author who also solves crimes. All the cases she solves are related to art theft and other crimes.

The Vicky Bliss series involves an art historian with her best knowledge about medieval Europe, who has a job at the Munich National Museum. Under the name Elizabeth Peters, she has written 3 series, with her most popular one being Amelia Peabody, a fun archaeologist who solves crimes with her husband and fun child. Until her death in 2013 at the age of 85, she lived in a historic farmhouse in Frederick, located in western Maryland. The children’s names are actually the origin of the author’s name as Elizabeth Peters. Nevertheless, from that marriage came two children, Peter and Elizabeth Mertz.

Sadly, she was unable to find work apparently due to sexism in the academic field.īetween 1950-1969 she was married to Richard Mertz, however, she divorced him after 19 years of being together. During the school time, she studied with Egyptologist John A. Then two years later, in 1952 she received her Ph.D. She has in fact been an archaeologist herself, so her books were written with her career knowledge in mind.Īt the age of 13 an aunt took her to visit the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, and since then she became obsessed with archaeology and the Ancient Egypt.Īfter graduating from the University of Chicago with a bachelor’s degree in 1947 at the age of 20, she earned her master’s degree three years later, in 1950. An American author, she was born in Canton, Illinois in 1927, under the name Barbara Louise Gross. The books in the Amelia Peabody series are listed on the Amelia Peabody books in order page, which is also constantly updated.Įlizabeth Peters’ married name was Barbara Mertz. Do note that the Amelia Peabody series, due to its popularity, is listed on a separate page which is constantly updated with all the books in reading and chronological order. Here are the Elizabeth Peters books in order for her writing to date. Sadly the British author passed away a few years ago, in August 2013, however, she left behind a powerful legacy that is difficult to top. The Elizabeth Peters books in order mostly focus on the author’s popular Amelia Peabody series, maybe the most popular author of archaeological mysteries ever written.

The Murders of Richard III by Elizabeth Peters