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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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- Amelia Peabody Emerson: Add a description of this character.
- Professor Radcliffe Emerson
- Walter "Ramses" Peabody Emerson: Amelia and Emerson's son.
- Kevin O'Connell: Daily Yell reporter.
- Miss Margaret Minton: Morning Mirror reporter.
- Gargery: Amelia and Emerson's butler at Chalfont House.
- Percy Peabody: Amelia's nephew.
- Violet Peabody: Amelia's niece.
- Mama
- James
- Mr. Wilson
- Ayesha
- Mrs. Watson
- Evelyn
- Ahmet
- Papa
- Mr. Budge
- Wilkins
- Bastet
- Rose
- Henry
- St. John
- Abdullah
- Bob
- Helen
- Sitt Hakim
- Mr. Oldacre
- Good Gad
- Petrie
- Frank
- Jack
- Cuff
- Mary Ann
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First Sentence edit
In a great many respects I count myself among the most fortunate of women.
Series & Lists edit
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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- Elizabeth Peters (Author)
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Publication Date: 1988
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Page Count: 407
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Publication Date: 1988
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Page Count: 407
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- Dewey: 813.54
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