# The Serpent on the Crown

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- Book: [The Serpent on the Crown](https://www.bookquiver.com/barbara-michaels/the-serpent-on-the-crown) ([The Serpent on the Crown.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/barbara-michaels/the-serpent-on-the-crown.md))
- Authors: [Barbara Mertz](https://www.bookquiver.com/barbara-michaels)
- Publisher: constable
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-17-8033-770-8
- Published: 2012-03-01
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

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...