The Serpent on the Crown - Elizabeth Peters
ELIZABETH PETERS
THE
SERPENT
ON THE
CROWN
TO SALIMA IKRAM
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.
—The Poetical Stela of Thutmose III
Contents
Epigraph
ONE
He woke from a feverish sleep to see something bending…
TWO
Emerson’s abrupt volte-face took me by surprise, but only…
THREE
It was an empty robe,” I said. “There was nothing inside. I…
FOUR
He looked ver ...