num_pages: 191
description: A curse shall befall anyone who takes the bronze lamp out of Egypt, so a seer has said. Lady Helen Loring thinks such tales are sheer poppycock. She takes the lamp back to England, she places it on the mantelpiece at Serven Hall, and she disappears, just as the seer said.
language: English
title: The Curse of the Bronze Lamp
titlecomplete: The Curse of the Bronze Lamp (Sir Henry Merrivale, #16)
characters: Alim Bey, Leo Beaumont, Julia Mansfield, Gilray, Emily, Judy Mansfield, Benson, Mr. Powers, Mrs. E. Pomfret, Abu Owad, Dr. Budge, Audrey Vane, Marsters, Helen Loring, Lord John Loring, Dr. Macbain, Mr. Rutherford, Han Alister, Sir Henry Merrivale, Annie, Christopher ”Kit” Farrell, Bert Lowson, Sandy Robertson
genres: Fiction, Crime, Detective, Mystery
ratings_count: 223
places: Gloucestershire, England, Kairo
series: Sir Henry Merrivale
publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub