The Cat of Bubastes : A Story of Ancient Egypt
(2017)

Fiction

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PUBLISHED
[United States] : Blackstone Publishing, 2017
Made available through hoopla
EDITION
Unabridged
DESCRIPTION

1 online resource (1 audio file (11hr., 36 min.)) : digital

ISBN/ISSN
9781982427757 MWT11793933, 1982427752 11793933
LANGUAGE
English
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Read by Jim Hodges

In this, the Henty novel covering the oldest time period of any, listeners will learn much about the domestic life, customs, religion, and military system of ancient Egypt. Amuba, a prince of the Rebu nation on the shores of the Caspian Sea, with his charioteer Jethro, is carried into slavery after losing a battle with the Egyptians. They become servants of the house of Ameres, an Egyptian high priest, and are qutie happy there, until the priest's son accidentally kills the sacred cat of Bubastes. The locals rise up in rage and kill Ameres, and Jethro and Amuba must escape with the high priest's son and daughter. After crossing the desert to the Red Sea, they eventually make their way back to freedom

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