Sethos (Peabody Mysteries) - Abilities

Abilities

Sethos possesses a superior intellect, exceptional strength and agility, and a great deal of charisma. He is an extremely capable fighter, but always prefers to anticipate and outthink his adversaries. In Lord of the Silent, his own nephew Ramses Emerson reflects with frustration that, whether he is on the Emersons' side or against them, it is nearly impossible to catch him in a situation where he's not one or two steps ahead of them.

His most prominent talent is that he is a master of disguise and an amazingly talented mimic. Even Amelia, who claims that she would know him anywhere, sometimes has trouble recognizing him. In Lion in the Valley he admits to appearing to the Emersons in three vastly different roles: a young, vacuous English nobleman, a middle-aged private investigator, and an elderly and obnoxious American female tourist. More impressively, in the course of The Snake, the Crocodile, and the Dog he spends several months by Amelia's side in the guise of the Emersons' close friend, Cyrus Vandergelt, with Amelia none the wiser.

In Lion, Ramses acquires part of his collection and becomes quite adept at the art of disguise himself.

Amelia Peabody Mysteries by Elizabeth Peters
Fiction
  • Crocodile on the Sandbank
  • The Curse of the Pharaohs
  • The Mummy Case
  • Lion in the Valley
  • Deeds of the Disturber
  • The Last Camel Died at Noon
  • The Snake, the Crocodile, and the Dog
  • The Hippopotamus Pool
  • Seeing a Large Cat
  • The Ape Who Guards the Balance
  • The Falcon at the Portal
  • He Shall Thunder in the Sky
  • Lord of the Silent
  • The Golden One
  • Children of the Storm
  • Guardian of the Horizon
  • The Serpent on the Crown
  • Tomb of the Golden Bird
  • A River in the Sky
Non-fiction
  • Amelia Peabody's Egypt: A Compendium
Cast
  • Amelia Peabody
  • Radcliffe Emerson
  • Ramses Emerson
  • Nefret Emerson
  • Sethos
  • Evelyn Emerson
  • David Todros
  • List of Amelia Peabody characters

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