10 Facts About Radcliffe Emerson

Radcliffe Emerson's mother was Lady Isabel Courtenay, daughter of the Earl of Radcliffe.

Radcliffe Emerson's father, Thomas Emerson, was a good-hearted but easygoing man who failed to satisfy his cold-hearted, ambitious wife.

Radcliffe Emerson became an Egyptologist, while his younger brother Walter became a philologist.

Radcliffe Emerson refused his attention, but was unable to prevent him from inheriting his grandfather's estate when she died.

When he first appears in Crocodile on the Sandbank, Radcliffe Emerson is described as tall, well-muscled, with "sapphirine" eyes and dark, wavy black hair.

Radcliffe Emerson prefers to wear a beard, as he is self-conscious about the dimple in his chin, but Amelia, who hates the beard and adores the dimple, makes him shave it at the earliest possible opportunity.

Radcliffe Emerson is presented as a dynamic man of action, but one with great tenderness toward his family and friends.

Radcliffe Emerson is known to be short-tempered and irascible, but his family and friends hardly ever take notice, knowing he means no harm.

Radcliffe Emerson is intolerant of bureaucracy and an advocate of careful methods of excavation and research.

Radcliffe Emerson's methods are presented as a great contrast to those of well-known non-fictional archaeological adventurers, who can sometimes be found as minor characters in the books.