The Serpent on the Crown
- Published
- 1 January 2005
- Pages
- 350
- ISBN-13
- 9781845292683
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Serpent on the Crown (2005), the seventeenth novel at 350 pages, returns to the Emersons' more straightforward forward-moving timeline after the flashback interlude of Guardian of the Horizon. It continues the family's excavation seasons as the series approaches its final stretch.
Key facts about The Serpent on the Crown
Elizabeth Peters wrote The Serpent on the Crown, a novel on our list. It has been out since 2005. The book has 350 pages.
We list 3 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781845292683 to find the main one.
The Serpent on the Crown is book 17 of 20 in the Amelia Peabody series. The series has 20 published books. However, the series starts with Crocodile on the Sandbank (1975). The Painted Queen is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 25 July 2017.
Additionally, Elizabeth Peters writes Vicky Bliss and Jacqueline Kirby as separate series. Those series sit on our mystery and historical mystery shelves. Meanwhile, The Painted Queen is the latest published Elizabeth Peters book on file, from 25 July 2017.
About Elizabeth Peters
Elizabeth Peters was the pen name of Barbara Mertz, an American author with a PhD in Egyptology who used that academic background to write the Amelia Peabody series, following a formidable Victorian Egyptologist and her family through decades of archaeological adventure and murder mystery in and around real excavation sites in Egypt. See every Elizabeth Peters book in order.
Its place in Amelia Peabody
The Serpent on the Crown is book 17 in the Amelia Peabody series. It follows Guardian of the Horizon. It is followed by Tomb of the Golden Bird. See the full Amelia Peabody reading order.
Elizabeth Peters' Amelia Peabody novels follow a formidable Victorian Egyptologist and amateur detective through four decades of archaeological digs, family drama, and murder along the Nile. Amelia Peabody Emerson — sharp-tongued, parasol-wielding, utterly unwilling to accept the limits Victorian and Edwardian society placed on women — meets her match and husband, the brilliant, foul-mouthed archaeologist Radcliffe Emerson, in the first book, and the series follows their marriage, their excavations of real…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780060760137
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780060760120
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781845292683