The Serpent On The Crown - Softcover

Peters, Elizabeth

4.18

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Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060759488 ISBN 13: 9780060759483

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2005

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It's 1922. Amelia Peabody and her family have returned to the Valley of the Kings, and look forward to delving once more into the mysteries buried in Egypt's sands. But a widow's strange story -- and even stranger request -- will plunge them into a storm of secrets, treachery, and murder.

The woman has come bearing a treasure -- a golden likeness of a forgotten king -- which she claims is cursed. She says it has killed her husband and unless it is returned to the tomb from which it was stolen, more people will die.

Intrigued, Amelia and her clan resolve to uncover the secrets of the statue. But each step toward the truth seems to reveal another peril, suggesting that the curse is more than mere superstition ...

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Review:

I really do think Elizabeth Peters (books are great entertainment.' Angela Rippon)

The most potent female force to hit Egypt since Cleopatra! (Philadelphia Inquirer)

If Indiana Jones were female, a wife and mother who lived in Victorian times, he would be Amelia Peabody. (Publishers Weekly)

A writer so popular that the public library has to keep her books under lock and key. (Washington Post Book World)

I can't wait for the next Peabody story... I really do think [Elizabeth Peters'] books are great entertainment. (Angela Rippon)

Think Miss Marple with early feminist gloss crossed with Indiana Jones... accomplished entertainment.' (Guardian)

Book Description:

In autumn 1921, with the world at peace, the Emersons are enjoying a busy period of excavation in Egypt. But their digging turns to detecting when they hear a tale of a man's mysterious death. The widow is convinced her husband was the victim of a curse, and implores the Emersons to return the small "deadly" statue that killed him to the tomb.

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