Project Gutenberg 2001-10-01 Public domain in the USA. 186 Hume, Fergus 1859 1932 Hume, Ferguson Wright Hume, Fergus W. (Ferguson Wright) The Green Mummy Produced by An Anonymous Project Gutenberg Volunteer, and David Widger "The Green Mummy" by Fergus Hume is a novel likely written during the late 19th century. The story revolves around a young couple, Archie Hope and Lucy Kendal, as they navigate romance against a backdrop filled with mystery and intrigue, particularly centering on a rare mummy that Lucy's archaeologist stepfather, Professor Braddock, is eager to acquire. At the start of the novel, readers are introduced to Archie and Lucy, who share a playful yet serious conversation about their engagement. Archie reveals the lengths he has gone to in order to gain Professor Braddock’s consent to marry Lucy, involving the purchase of a valuable Peruvian mummy from Malta. Their lighthearted banter is soon overshadowed by more foreboding concerns regarding the mysterious mummy, as Lucy expresses unease about her stepfather's obsession with archaeology. The opening establishes a combination of romantic elements and hints at darker, unforeseen complications, setting the stage for a larger mystery involving the disappearance of the mummy and the tragic fate of Braddock’s assistant, which subsequently unfolds. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fiction Detective and mystery stories PR Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 626128 626129 2024-10-02T05:10:07.925554 2023-10-02T05:07:07.221772 text/html text/html 659523 2021-01-27T11:41:33 text/html; charset=utf-8 204816 2021-01-27T11:41:33 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 274522 2024-10-02T05:10:16.850503 application/epub+zip 284118 2024-10-02T05:10:10.167581 application/epub+zip 284119 2024-10-02T05:10:08.860554 application/epub+zip 512942 2024-10-02T05:10:21.968552 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 474964 2024-10-02T05:10:16.012514 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 452517 2022-09-02T06:24:22.526562 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 522040 521987 2024-10-02T05:10:06.410549 2023-10-02T05:07:05.768737 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 533664 2018-03-15T14:49:12 text/plain; charset=utf-8 193914 2018-03-15T14:50:00 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 521900 2008-12-14T13:58:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 192506 2008-12-14T13:59:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21551 2024-10-02T05:10:22.101478 application/rdf+xml 11874 2024-10-02T05:10:09.417538 image/jpeg 3114 2024-10-02T05:10:09.139575 image/jpeg 266369 2024-10-02T05:10:07.973539 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia