The Cat of Bubastes: A Tale of Ancient Egypt
1908
A young prince becomes a prisoner in the very empire that destroyed his kingdom. When the Egyptian army conquers the Rebu people, Prince Amuba is taken captive to Egypt, his father slain, his world dismantled. But survival demands more than mere endurance: he must navigate the treacherous currents of a civilization where a single misstep meaning death. The accidental killing of the sacred cat of Bubastes throws his already precarious existence into chaos, forcing him to choose between loyalty to his people and the dangerous promise of a new life among his conquerors. Henty populates this ancient world with vivid detail, from the labyrinthine politics of the Egyptian court to the visceral realities of daily life in a great empire at its height. The result is an adventure that never lets you forget its young hero carries the weight of two worlds on his shoulders.
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“It is just as easy to be polite as to be rude, and men are served better for love than for fear.””
— G. A. Henty
“Men make their own happiness, and a man may be respected even though only a slave.””
— G. A. Henty
“How is a boy’s mind to expand if he does not ask questions, and who should be so well able to answer his questions as his father?””
— G. A. Henty
“I do believe you would be perfectly happy shut up in your study with your rolls of manuscript all your life, without seeing another human being save a servant to bring you in bread and fruit and water twice a day.””
— G. A. Henty
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