MICHAELS, BARBARA (BARBARA LOUISE MERTZ ) — The Grey Beginning

New York: Congdon & Weed, Inc, 1984. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0865531331. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping to the spine of the book. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has a couple of small edge tears along with some light rubbing and edge wear to the spine ends and corners. "Kathy Morandini had longed to see the beautiful old city of Florence just the way she saw it now - warmed by the golden Italian sun, cradled under the fabled blue sky of spring. But spring and beauty were meaningless. She should have been seeing Florence with her husband Bart; it was his home. Instead, she was alone, haunted by memories of the flaming automobile accident that had been her last view of him, three months before." "Under the name Barbara Michaels, she wrote primarily gothic and supernatural thrillers. Her publisher chose that pseudonym since Mertz had already published one nonfiction book on ancient Egypt, and the publisher did not want Mertz's novels to be confused with her academic work. Under the pseudonym Elizabeth Peters, Mertz published her Amelia Peabody historical mystery series, using a nom de plume drawn from the names of her two children. ". Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .