The Serpent on the Crown
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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...
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Praise for The Serpent on the Crown
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I really do think Elizabeth Peters - books are great entertainment.' Angela Rippon
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The most potent female force to hit Egypt since Cleopatra! - Philadelphia Inquirer
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If Indiana Jones were female, a wife and mother who lived in Victorian times, he would be Amelia Peabody. - Publishers Weekly
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A writer so popular that the public library has to keep her books under lock and key. - Washington Post Book World
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I can't wait for the next Peabody story... I really do think [Elizabeth Peters'] books are great entertainment.
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A writer so popular that the public library has to keep her books under lock and key. - Washington Post Book World
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Think Miss Marple with early feminist gloss crossed with Indiana Jones... accomplished entertainment.' - Guardian
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