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 |
