Cat of Bubastes - Henty, G. A.
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Cat of Bubastes tells of a young prince taken into slavery after Ancient Egypt conquers his homeland - joining with a loyal friend, the pair uncover murderous revelations. The entire book takes place at the height of the Egyptian civilisation, in around 1250 BC. We follow Amuba, a young prince whose father is dramatically killed in battle. Taken prisoner by the opposing force, Amuba is carried back to the Egyptian kingdom alongside his friend and charioteer Jethro. When the pair arrive, they are fortunate enough to be assigned as servants to Amuba, a highly ranked priest. However all is not as…mehr

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Cat of Bubastes tells of a young prince taken into slavery after Ancient Egypt conquers his homeland - joining with a loyal friend, the pair uncover murderous revelations. The entire book takes place at the height of the Egyptian civilisation, in around 1250 BC. We follow Amuba, a young prince whose father is dramatically killed in battle. Taken prisoner by the opposing force, Amuba is carried back to the Egyptian kingdom alongside his friend and charioteer Jethro. When the pair arrive, they are fortunate enough to be assigned as servants to Amuba, a highly ranked priest. However all is not as it would seem within the priestly household: it is up to Amuba and Jethro to investigate a frightening conspiracy which has the potential to upset the delicate balance of power in Egypt. The author G. A. Henty was a British war correspondent, and had travelled and studied North Africa during his career, as well as much of Europe. It was tours of foreign lands which helped spur his authoring.
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English author and war correspondent George Alfred Henty lived from 8 December 1832 to 16 November 1902. He is most well-known for his historical fiction and adventure books, including The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883), and in Freedom's Cause (1883). (1885). He was a British journalist who served as G. A. Henty's war correspondent. He was raised in Cambridge and finished his education there at Gonville and Caius College. He continued to cover important wars that followed, such as the Italian and Austro-Italian Wars. He wrote 122 books, most of which were geared toward young readers. He also wrote non-fiction, adult fiction, and short tales. In Henty's stories, the main character is a boy or young man who is going through a challenging situation. His characters are consistently low-key, astute, courageous, truthful, and resourceful with a lot of "pluck." The date was put at the bottom of the title page of each of Henty's 122 historical fiction works in their first printings.