Description
Product ID: | 9781845292683 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Amelia Peabody |
Title: | The Serpent on the Crown |
Authors: | Author: Elizabeth Peters |
Page Count: | 320 |
Subjects: | Crime and mystery fiction, Crime & mystery |
Description: | Select Guide Rating 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. Autumn 1921. The Peabody-Emerson clan are enjoying a fruitful period of excavation in Egypt. But when they hear the alarming tale of a man''s mysterious death their digging turns to detecting. His widow is convinced her husband was the victim of a curse and implores the Emersons to find and return the small ''deadly'' statue that killed him to the tomb from which it was stolen -- before it claims another life. From bitter experience the Emersons know it would be a serious mistake to start chasing tomb robbers. But Amelia and family soon start to find the curse may be more real than ever imagined... |
Imprint Name: | Constable |
Publisher Name: | Little, Brown Book Group |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2006-05-25 |