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An ancient mummy arrives in England, and scholarly curiosity gives way to murder, theft, and suspicion.
In The Green Mummy by Fergus Hume, Professor Braddock wants an ancient Peruvian mummy to acquire and study. Archaeology absorbs him, leaving little room for ordinary concerns. But violence surrounds the mummy’s journey: his assistant, Sidney Bolton, is murdered, and the prized object disappears.
Braddock’s daughter Lucy and the artist Archie Hope have their own future to consider. Around them, the mystery grows through competing interests, explanations, and the gaps between words and actions. The missing mummy connects this English circle to Peru, while its value reaches beyond anything a scholar can measure.
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- A curious stolen object Follow a missing Peruvian mummy that draws a whole circle of people into suspicion.
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- Romance amid suspicion Follow Lucy and Archie Hope as their personal hopes share space with a murder mystery.
- Human motives beneath mystery Explore ambition, attachment, and concealment behind a title that hints at something uncanny.
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The Green Mummy
by Fergus Hume · 1908
An ancient Peruvian mummy arrives in England, bringing murder and theft to an archaeologist’s household.
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Professor Braddock devotes himself to archaeology with an enthusiasm that leaves little room for ordinary concerns. An ancient mummy is, to him, something to acquire and study. To other people, however, the same object can mean money, ancestry, or a claim that scholarship alone cannot settle. When a Peruvian mummy becomes the focus of his attention, those competing interests give a strange discovery a dangerous life in the present.
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What is The Green Mummy about?
The Green Mummy follows a murder and the disappearance of an ancient Peruvian mummy intended for Professor Braddock. The investigation brings together archaeological collecting, competing interests in the mummy, and the private concerns of people around the professor.
Is The Green Mummy a horror story or a detective story?
It is chiefly a detective mystery. The ancient mummy supplies an eerie object and an unusual motive for crime, but the story centres on murder, theft, suspicion, and the effort to understand what living people want from the dead.
Who is Professor Braddock in The Green Mummy?
Professor Braddock is an archaeologist absorbed in ancient objects. His interest in acquiring the Peruvian mummy places him at the centre of the mystery, while his daughter Lucy’s concerns contrast with his narrow devotion to scholarship.
The author
Fergus Hume
1859–1932 · English mystery novelist
Fergus Hume (1859–1932) was a British novelist born in England. He grew up in Dunedin, New Zealand, and moved to Melbourne, Australia, in 1885. He published The Mystery of a Hansom Cab in 1886. He returned to England in 1888 and continued writing crime novels, including The Green Mummy.
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