59-507: Flying Too High is a crime novel by Australian author Kerry Greenwood , and was published in 1990 by Penguin Books . It is the second novel by Kerry Greenwood that features the fictional detective Miss Phryne Fisher . Flying Too High , set in Melbourne, Australia in the 1920s, features fictional detective Phryne Fisher as she attempts to resolve a homicide case as well as solve the kidnapping of
118-606: A "wizard", the mathematician and author David Greagg. The Broken Wheel, Whaleroad, Cave Rats and Feral are prequels to the Stormbringer trilogy. Characters in Stormbringer refer to events in those books, but are otherwise independent. "Jetsam" (1998) in Dreaming Down-Under (ed. Jack Dann , Janeen Webb ) The Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries television series was filmed in and around Melbourne in 2011 and premiered on ABC1 on 24 February 2012. A second series
177-408: A big kiln to fire ceramics and 30 ateliers. According to Zahi Hawass, each atelier had a different aim – some of them were used to make pottery, others used to produce gold artefacts and others still to churn out furniture. About 75 meters below the valley, several items believed to have adorned wooden royal coffins, such as inlaid beads, silver rings and gold foil were unearthed. Some artefacts depicted
236-431: A blow that killed him. The police were then lead off track because Amelia McNaughton, finding her father's body, assumed her brother had killed him and attempted to hide the evidence. The police agree to not lay charges against either the children or Amelia McNaughton, and Jillian Henderson ensures that neither Mrs. McNaughton nor Amelia are denied their inheritances. A subplot concerns the abduction of Candida Alice Maldon,
295-643: A locum duty solicitor for Legal Aid, practising in the Sunshine Magistrates' Court. She began writing books at sixteen, but remained unpublished. In 1988 she entered one of her eight novels for the Vogel prize; although not successful, one of the judges offered her a contract for two detective novels. In the 2020 Australia Day Honours Greenwood was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM). Greenwood lives with
354-445: A man suspect of molesting children, Sidney Brayshaw. He also helps her trace the owners of the car used to kidnap Candida Maldon: a young couple, Mike and Ann. Ann's expensive habits had led them into debt and blackmail, leading Ann and a reluctant Mike to collaborate with Sid on the kidnapping. Along with the pilot Jack Leonard, Phryne launches a dangerous plot to retrieve Candida. A decoy package of newspapers disguised with some currency
413-458: A mosque. This mosque is currently known as the Abu Haggag Mosque today. The 18th century saw an increase of Europeans visiting Luxor, with some publishing their travels and documenting its surroundings, such as Claude Sicard , Granger , Frederick Louis Norden , Richard Pococke , Vivant Denon and others. By the 20th century, Luxor had become a major tourist destination. In April 2018,
472-488: A number of cases after the events in Cocaine Blues , Phryne Fisher is engaged by Mrs. William McNaughton to investigate a family dispute. Mrs. McNaughton expresses concerns that her hot-tempered son, Bill, might attempt to kill her husband William McNaughton following an altercation with them about business. Bill McNaughton runs a moderately unsuccessful flying school, in which his father is a principal investor and chairman of
531-413: A practice that her father abhors. Phryne engages her friend and lawyer, Jillian Henderson, to represent Bill McNaughton. She visits Paolo Rugazzi's studio, where he mistakes her for one of his models. Phryne poses in the nude for Paolo, allowing him to complete a difficult and beautiful sculpture, and culminating in their going to bed together. She then discloses to Rugazzi who she is, and confirms that she
590-457: A six-year-old child and the daughter of Henry Maldon, a flying instructor. Candida slips out of her house without her parents' knowledge to buy sweets at a shop down the road, but is abducted on her way home by strangers in a black car. Her stepmother Molly Maldon finds the abandoned packet of sweets while hunting for Candida and manages to retrace her steps, confirming that Candida may have been kidnapped. Henry Maldon had previously been confirmed as
649-511: A small child. She is engaged by a woman who fears that her hot-tempered son, an aviation instructor, will kill his own father over a business dispute. Phryne first disarms the son by demonstrating her excellent flying skills and then advises him to calmly resolve the dispute with his father. Despite this warning, the father is murdered soon after, and Phyrne, along with her friends, Cec and Bert, her maid, Dot and fellow pilot Bunji Ross, attempt to help Melbourne's Detective Inspector Jack Robinson solve
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#1732876754417708-657: A world scale. Thebes played a major role in expelling the invading forces of the Hyksos from Upper Egypt, and from the time of the 18th Dynasty to the 20th Dynasty , the city had risen as the political, religious and military capital of Ancient Egypt. The city attracted peoples such as the Babylonians , the Mitanni , the Hittites of Anatolia (modern-day Turkey), the Canaanites of Ugarit,
767-485: Is Thebes ( Ancient Greek : Θῆβαι ) or Diospolis. The Egyptian name of the city is Waset , also known as Nut ( Coptic : ⲛⲏ ), written as and . Luxor was the ancient city of Thebes , the capital of Upper Egypt during the New Kingdom , and the city of Amun , later to become the god Amun-Ra. The city was regarded in the ancient Egyptian texts as wAs.t (approximate pronunciation: "Waset"), which meant "city of
826-495: Is a common activity for tourists. Large numbers of people also work in agriculture, particularly sugarcane . There are also many industries, such as the pottery industry used in eating and many other uses. The local economy was hit by the Luxor massacre in 1997, in which a total of 64 people (including 59 visiting tourists) were killed, at the time the worst terrorist attack in Egypt (before
885-441: Is alarmed by their loud fighting. Soon after, Mr. William McNaughton is found murdered on his tennis court, and Mrs. McNaughton arrives at Phryne's house asking for her help in investigating the murder. While she is unconscious, Phryne looks through her belongings and finds letters suggesting that Mrs. McNaughton may have been engaging in an affair. Amelia McNaughton, her daughter, comes to retrieve her, and reveals to Phryne that she
944-619: Is engaged in a romance with an Italian sculptor, Paolo Rugazzi, and that her father, the deceased William McNaughton, was abusive and violent and had assaulted Amelia as well as her mother on several occasions. Phryne purchases some of Amelia's sketches, commissions a painting from her, and locates Mr. William McNaughton's will, which allows an inheritance to his wife and daughter on the condition that they do not marry. Amelia also tells her that she intends to marry her lover Paolo Rugazzi despite being aware of his infidelities as she loves him regardless. Along with Detective-Inspector Benton, Phryne visits
1003-600: Is looking after Amelia. Rugazzi explains to Phryne that while other women, including Phryne, are attractive, Amelia is his muse and will be for life, and describes his intentions to marry her. Phryne also confirms that Rugazzi is independently wealthy. Meanwhile, Jillian Henderson manages to secure bail for Bill Henderson and Phryne agrees to help Bill McNaughton prove his innocence provided he treats his sister Amelia and her fiance Paolo Rugazzi, as well as their mother, with respect and kindness. Phryne involves her friends and sometime investigative assistants, Burt and Cec, to track down
1062-462: Is more humid than Aswan but still very dry. There is an average relative humidity of 39.9%, with a maximum mean of 57% during winter and a minimum mean of 27% during summer. The climate of Luxor is extremely clear, bright and sunny year-round, in all seasons, with a low seasonal variation, with about some 4,000 hours of annual sunshine, very close to the maximum theoretical sunshine duration. In addition, Luxor, Minya , Sohag , Qena and Asyut have
1121-473: Is served by Luxor International Airport . A bridge was opened in 1998, a few kilometres upstream of the main town of Luxor, allowing ready land access from the east bank to the west bank. Traditionally river crossings have been the domain of several ferry services. The so-called 'local ferry' (also known as the 'National Ferry') continues to operate from a landing opposite the Temple of Luxor. Transport to sites on
1180-655: Is the capital of the Luxor Governorate . It is among the oldest inhabited cities in the world . Luxor has frequently been characterized as the ''world's greatest open-air museum'', as the ruins of the Egyptian temple complexes at Karnak and Luxor stand within the modern city. Immediately opposite, across the River Nile , lie the monuments, temples and tombs of the West Bank Theban Necropolis , which includes
1239-412: Is used to bait the kidnappers, and Phryne straps herself to their car and leaves a trail of luminous paint behind. Bunji Ross and Henry Maldon use a light aircraft and a torchlight to trace Phryne's trail of luminous paint, bringing them to the kidnappers' den without attracting their attention. Phryne climbs off the back of the car and rescues Candida. She is aided by Mike, who was disgusted to discover Sid
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#17328767544171298-547: The 11th Dynasty , when the town grew into a thriving city. Montuhotep II , who united Egypt after the troubles of the First Intermediate Period , brought stability to the lands as the city grew in stature. The Pharaohs of the New Kingdom in their expeditions to Kush , in today's northern Sudan , and to the lands of Canaan , Phoenicia and Syria saw the city accumulate great wealth and rose to prominence, even on
1357-572: The Apostolic Vicariate of Egypt . Its episcopal see is a St. George cathedral in Luxor. In turn, it lost territory on August 10, 1947 to establish the Eparchy of Assiut and again on 14 September 1981 to establish Sohag . The economy of Luxor, like that of many other Egyptian cities, is heavily dependent on tourism. Since 1988, Luxor is the only city that offers hot air balloon rides in Egypt, which
1416-615: The Book of the Dead , a series of spells that allowed the soul to navigate in the afterlife . Some of the coffins had the names of the dead engraved on them. On the 8th of April 2021, Egyptian archaeologists led by Zahi Hawass found Aten , a 3,400-year-old "lost golden city" near Luxor. It is the largest known city from Ancient Egypt to be unearthed to date. The site was said by Betsy Bryan , professor of Egyptology at Johns Hopkins University to be "the second most important archaeological discovery since
1475-644: The Phoenicians of Byblos and Tyre , and the Minoans from the island of Crete . A Hittite prince from Anatolia even came to marry with the widow of Tutankhamun , Ankhesenamun . The political and military importance of the city, however, faded during the Late Period , with Thebes being replaced as political capital by several cities in Northern Egypt, such as Bubastis , Sais and finally Alexandria . However, as
1534-756: The Sharm el-Sheikh terrorist attacks ). The massacre reduced tourist numbers for several years. Following the 2011 Arab Spring , tourism to Egypt dropped significantly, again affecting local tourist markets. Nineteen Asian and European tourists died when a hot air balloon crashed early on Tuesday, February 26, 2013 near Luxor following a mid-air gas explosion. It was one of the worst accidents involving tourists in Egypt. The casualties included French, British, Hungarian, Japanese nationals and nine tourists from Hong Kong. To make up for shortfalls of income, many cultivate their own food. Goat's cheese, pigeons, subsidized and home-baked bread and homegrown tomatoes are commonplace among
1593-543: The University of Melbourne , where she graduated with Bachelor of Arts (English) and Bachelor of Laws degrees in 1979. Whilst at university, Greenwood worked at a women's refuge. In 1982, Greenwood was admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria , and worked full-time as a criminal defence lawyer for Victoria Legal Aid until becoming a professional writer. Since that time, she has remained
1652-617: The Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens . Thousands of tourists from all around the world arrive annually to visit Luxor's monuments, contributing greatly to the economy of the modern city. Yusuf Abu al-Haggag is the patron saint of Luxor. The name Luxor derives from the Arabic قصر qaṣr , meaning "castle" or "palace", in the plural form al-quṣūr (“the palaces"). It may be equivalent to
1711-483: The 10th of April 2021. Approximately 4,000 years ago, a significant alteration in the geography of the Nile River occurred, particularly in the region near modern-day Luxor. This transformation involved the expansion of the floodplain , which increased the availability of arable land . This geographic and environmental shift likely played a crucial role in supporting the agricultural productivity that underpinned
1770-591: The 1920s. The show was filmed in Mandarin, Miss Phryne Fisher was renamed as Su Wenli, Inspector Robinson was renamed as Luo Qiuheng, and Dorothy 'Dot' Williams was renamed as Xiao Tao Zi. Luxor Luxor is a city in Upper Egypt , which includes the site of the Ancient Egyptian city of Thebes . Luxor had a population of 1,333,309 in 2020, with an area of approximately 417 km (161 sq mi) and
1829-465: The Australian television series Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries . However, Flying Too High does not as yet form a part of these television adaptations. Kerry Greenwood Kerry Isabelle Greenwood OAM (born 1954 ) is an Australian author and lawyer. She has written many plays and books, most notably a string of historical detective novels centred on the character of Phryne Fisher , which
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1888-508: The Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities announced the discovery of the shrine of god Osiris - Ptah Neb, dating back to the 25th dynasty in the Temple of Karnak . According to archaeologist Essam Nagy, the material remains from the area contained clay pots, the lower part of a sitting statue and part of a stone panel showing an offering table filled with a sheep and a goose which were the symbols of
1947-476: The Greek and Coptic toponym τὰ Τρία Κάστρα ta tria kastra and ⲡϣⲟⲙⲧ ⲛ̀ⲕⲁⲥⲧⲣⲟⲛ pshomt enkastron respectively, which both mean "three castles". The Sahidic Coptic name Pape comes from Demotic Ỉp.t meaning 'the adyton,' which, in turn, is derived from the Egyptian . The Greek forms Ἀπις and Ὠφιεῖον come from the same source. The Egyptian village of Aba al-Waqf shares the same etymology. The Greek name
2006-452: The Minister of Antiquities Khaled al-Anani , it is the biggest rock-cut tomb to be unearthed in the ancient city of Thebes . It is one of the largest, well-preserved tombs ever found near the ancient city of Luxor. On 24 November 2018, this discovery was preceded by the finding of a well-preserved mummy of a woman inside a previously unopened coffin dating back more than 3,000 years. Luxor
2065-557: The board, and a vociferous opponent of Bill's plans to raise additional funds to fly over the North Pole. Phryne visits Bill McNaughton's flying school and dispels his initial doubts about her flying abilities by flying a series of tricky manoeuvres in his Gipsy Moth plane, culminating in a walk over the upper wings of the plane while Bill holds the plane steady in the air. Having impressed Bill, Phryne advises him to resolve matters with his father peacefully and avoid disturbing his mother, who
2124-404: The city of Iunu or Heliopolis , the main place of worship for the god Ra in the north. It was also often referred to as niw.t, which simply means "city", and was one of only three cities in Egypt for which this noun was used (the other two were Memphis and Heliopolis); it was also called niw.t rst, "southern city", as the southernmost of them. The importance of the city started as early as
2183-578: The city of the god Amun-Ra, Thebes remained the religious capital of Egypt until the Greek period. The main god of the city was Amun, who was worshipped together with his wife, the Goddess Mut , and their son Khonsu , the God of the moon. With the rise of Thebes as the foremost city of Egypt, the local god Amun rose in importance as well and became linked to the sun god Ra, thus creating the new 'king of gods' Amun-Ra. His great temple at Karnak, just north of Thebes,
2242-469: The city. Taxis are plentiful, and reasonably priced, and since the government has decreed that taxis older than 20 years will not be relicensed, there are many modern air-conditioned cabs. Recently, new roads have been built in the city to cope with the growth in traffic. For domestic travel along the route of the Nile, a rail service operates several times a day. A morning train and sleeping train can be taken from
2301-496: The coolest month of the year, average high temperatures remain above 22 °C (71.6 °F) while average low temperatures remain above 5 °C (41 °F). The climate of Luxor has precipitation levels lower than even most other places in the Sahara , with less than 1 mm (0.04 in) of average annual precipitation. The desert city is one of the driest ones in the world, and rainfall does not occur every year. The air in Luxor
2360-491: The crime. In addition, Phryne looks into a case of kidnapping concerning the child of a flying instructor, all while moving into her new house at 221B, The Esplanade, in Melbourne. This book also introduces two recurring characters in the Miss Fisher books by Kerry Greenwood; Mr and Mrs. Butler, who act as Phryne Fisher's butler and housekeeper respectively. Having established herself as a private detective in Melbourne and solved
2419-631: The god Amun. On the same day in November 2018, two different discoveries were announced. One was by the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities that had found a 13th-century tomb on the West Bank belonging to Thaw-Irkhet-If, the overseer of the mummification shrine at the temple of Mut, and his wife. Five months of excavation work until this point had revealed colorful scenes of the family and 1,000 funerary statues or ushabti . The other discovery
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2478-616: The great religious feast. Thebes remained a site of spirituality up to the Christian era, and attracted numerous Christian monks of the Roman Empire who established monasteries amidst several ancient monuments including the temple of Hatshepsut , now called Deir el-Bahri ("the northern monastery"). Following the Muslim conquest of Egypt , part of the Luxor Temple was converted from a church to
2537-434: The majority of its residents. A controversial tourism development plan aims to transform Luxor into the biggest vast open-air museum. The master plan envisions new roads, five-star hotels, glitzy shops, and an IMAX theatre. The main attraction is an 11 million dollar project to unearth and restore the 2.7 kilometres (1.7 miles) long Avenue of Sphinxes that once linked Luxor and Karnak temples. The ancient processional road
2596-534: The prosperity and stability of ancient Egyptian civilization during that period and over the years. Luxor has a hot desert climate ( Köppen climate classification BWh) like the rest of Egypt. Aswan and Luxor have the hottest summer days of any other city in Egypt . Aswan and Luxor have nearly the same climate. Luxor is one of the sunniest and driest cities in the world. Average high temperatures are above 40 °C (104 °F) during summer (June, July, August). During
2655-410: The scene of crime where she learns that Mr. McNaughton was killed by a heavy blow to the head on his tennis court, and that a rock was identified as the murder weapon, and also that there may have been two witnesses who might be able to testify that Bill McNaughton was elsewhere while his father was being murdered. Phryne also discovers that Amelia frequently hosts local children to play on their property,
2714-639: The sceptre", and later in Demotic Egyptian as ta jpt (conventionally pronounced as "tA ipt" and meaning "the shrine/temple", referring to the jpt-swt, the temple now known by its Arabic name Karnak , meaning "fortified village"), which the ancient Greeks adapted as Thebai and the Romans after them as Thebae. Thebes was also known as "the city of the 100 gates", sometimes being called "southern Heliopolis" ('Iunu-shemaa' in Ancient Egyptian), to distinguish it from
2773-410: The tomb of Tutankhamen". The site is celebrated by the unearthing crew for showing a glimpse into the ordinary lives of living ancient Egyptians whereas past archaeological discoveries were from tombs and other burial sites. Many artefacts are found alongside the buildings such as pottery dated back to the reign of Amenhotep III, rings and everyday working tools. The site is not completely unearthed as of
2832-527: The two witnesses. Acting on Phryne's instructions, Burt and Cec find the two witnesses, as well as the correct murder weapons. Phryne solves a small side-question of a kidnapping and then diverts herself by successfully seducing Dr. Fielding, a local doctor who had attended to Mrs. McNaughton. Phryne convinces Amelia McNaughton to have a small party and invite the local children that she occasionally her family, Paolo Rugazzi, Detective-Inspector Benton, Bert and Cec. There, she demonstrates that Mr. McNaughton's death
2891-499: The west bank are serviced by taxi drivers who often approach ferry passengers. There are also local cars that reach some of the monuments for 2 L.E., although tourists rarely use them. Alternatively, motorboats line both banks of the Nile all day providing a quicker, but more expensive (50 L.E.), crossing to the other side. The city of Luxor on the east bank has several bus routes used mainly by locals. Tourists often rely on horse carriages, called "calèches", for transport or tours around
2950-498: The widest difference of temperatures between days and nights of any city in Egypt , with almost 16 °C (29 °F) difference. The hottest temperature recorded was on May 15, 1991, which was 50 °C (122 °F) and the coldest temperature was on February 6, 1989, which was −1 °C (30 °F). The Coptic Catholic ( Alexandrian Rite ) minority established on November 26, 1895 an Eparchy ( Eastern Catholic Diocese) of Luqsor (Luxor) alias Thebes, on territory split off from
3009-671: The wings of deity Horus . In October 2019, the Egyptian archaeological mission unearthed thirty well-preserved wooden coffins (3,000 years old) in front of the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut in El-Assasif Cemetery. The coffins contained mummies of twenty-three adult males, five adult females and two children, who are believed to be from the middle class. According to Hawass, mummies were decorated with mixed carvings and designs, including scenes from Egyptian gods , hieroglyphs , and
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#17328767544173068-480: The winner of the Irish Christmas Lottery. After receiving a ransom message from the kidnappers, Henry Maldon is persuaded by his friend and fellow flying instructor Jack Leonard to ask Phryne Fisher for help. Phryne promptly agrees to help. Phryne enlists the help of Detective Inspector Jack Robinson in tracing fingerprints on the ransom note and it is discovered that one of the sets of finger-prints belong to
3127-518: Was a child-molester and that his wife's spending had led them into debt and blackmail, and changes his mind about the kidnapping. Phryne releases Mike and tricks Sid into keeping quiet about it. Recurring Characters Other Characters After the novel's initial publication in 1990 by Penguin Books, Australia, it was reprinted as follows: The novel was also translated into German in 1999, and French and Russian in 2006. Cocaine Blues , as well as other novels featuring Phryne Fisher, were adapted into
3186-542: Was adapted as the popular television series Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries . She writes mysteries, science-fiction, historical fiction, children's stories, and plays. Greenwood earned the Australian women's crime fiction Davitt Award in 2002 for her young adult novel The Three-Pronged Dagger . Greenwood grew up in the Melbourne suburb of Footscray , where she still lives today. She attended Geelong Road State School (now Footscray Primary School), Maribyrnong College and
3245-499: Was built by the pharaoh Amenhotep III and took its final form under Nectanebo I in 400 BCE. Over a thousand sphinx statues lined the road now being excavated which was covered by silt, homes, mosques and churches. Excavation started around 2004. On 18 April 2019, the Egyptian Government announced the discovery of a previously unopened coffin in Luxor, dated back to 18th dynasty of Upper and Lower Egypt . According to
3304-425: Was caused by an accident that resulted from a game played by the local children. The children had been attempting to build a pyramid in imitation of the recently discovered pyramids of Luxor , and had attached a large stone to a rope hanging from a tree. Mr McNaughton, enraged by their presence on his property, went to rebuke them, resulting in their panicking and releasing the rope and stone, which swung and delivered
3363-670: Was commissioned in August 2012 and filming began in February 2013 and aired starting 6 September 2013. A third series was commissioned in June 2014 and began airing on 8 May 2015. A film that continues the story started in the television series was released in 2022: Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears . The TV series was redone by HBO Asia in 2020 as Miss S , set in Shanghai in the 1930s instead of Melbourne in
3422-698: Was of 1000 ushabti and two sarcophagi each containing a mummy in the TT33 complex by a joint team from the IFAO (French Institute of Oriental Archaeology, Cairo, Egypt) and the University of Strasbourg . One of the sarcophagi was opened in private by Egyptian antiquities officials, while the other, of a female 18th Dynasty woman named Thuya, was opened in front of international media. In October 2019, Egyptian archaeologists headed by Zahi Hawass revealed an ancient "industrial area" used to manufacture decorative artefacts, furniture and pottery for royal tombs. The site contained
3481-506: Was the most important temple of Egypt right until the end of antiquity. Later, the city was attacked by Assyrian emperor Ashurbanipal who installed a new prince on the throne, Psamtik I . The city of Thebes was in ruins and fell in significance. However, Alexander the Great did arrive at the temple of Amun, where the statue of the god was transferred from Karnak during the Opet Festival ,
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