The Serpent on the Crown
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| Author | Elizabeth Peters |
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| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Series | Amelia Peabody mysteries |
| Genre(s) | Mystery, historical novel |
| Publisher | HarperCollins |
| Released | 2005 |
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| Pages | 350 p. |
| ISBN | 0060591781 |
| Preceded by | Guardian of the Horizon |
| Followed by | Tomb of the Golden Bird |
The Serpent on the Crown is the 17th in a series of mystery novels, written by Elizabeth Peters and featuring fictional sleuth and archaeologist Amelia Peabody.
[edit] Plot summary
In 1922, the Emersons are excavating at Deir el Medina when a melodramatic visitor delivers a challenge -- and a solid gold ancient statuette -- to them: find out where it came from and why it brings bad luck to its owners. Emerson, of course, doesn't believe in curses, but he does believe someone has robbed a find of historic proportions. When their visitor turns up dead and her stepchildren disappear, everyone except the Emersons believe the murder is a family affair.
Ramses, meanwhile, finds a papyrus which he suspects to be of historic importance, and an assistant who is not all he seems.
[edit] Title
The book's title is from the Poetical Stela of Thutmose III:
- "I have robbed their nostrils of the breath of life and made the dread of you fill their hearts. My serpent on your brow consumed them."
[edit] See also
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| Crocodile on the Sandbank | The Curse of the Pharaohs | The Mummy Case | Lion in the Valley | Deeds of the Disturber | The Last Camel Died at Noon | The Snake, the Crocodile, and the Dog | The Hippopotamus Pool | Seeing a Large Cat | The Ape Who Guards the Balance | The Falcon at the Portal | He Shall Thunder in the Sky | Lord of the Silent | The Golden One | Children of the Storm | Guardian of the Horizon | The Serpent on the Crown | Tomb of the Golden Bird |
| Non-fiction: Amelia Peabody's Egypt: A Compendium |
