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Can fear kill? There are those who believe so--but Amelia Peabody is skeptical. A respected Egyptologist and amateur sleuth, Amelia has foiled felonious schemes from Victoria's England to the Middle East. And she doubts that it was a Nineteenth-Dynasty mummy's curse that caused the death of a... read more

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In a great many respects I count myself among the most fortunate of women.

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This is book 5 of 19 in Amelia Peabody. (standard series)

Preceded by Lion in the Valley, and followed by The Last Camel Died at Noon.

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  1. Elizabeth Peters (Author)

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Publication Date: 1988
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Page Count: 407

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