The Cat of Bubastes: A Tale of Ancient Egypt by G. A. Henty
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"The Cat of Bubastes: A Tale of Ancient Egypt" by G. A. Henty is a historical novel published in 1889. When his father is killed in battle and his kingdom falls to Egypt, young Prince Amuba is taken captive to Thebes, where he serves the son of a high priest. The boys uncover a dangerous conspiracy among the priesthood, but before they can act, they accidentally kill a sacred cat—one of Egypt's
holiest animals—and must flee for their lives across ancient Egyptian territory. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Henty, G. A. (George Alfred), 1832-1902 |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Weguelin, J. R. (John Reinhard), 1849-1927 |
| Title | The Cat of Bubastes: A Tale of Ancient Egypt |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cat_of_Bubastes |
| Credits |
Produced by David Edwards, Anne Storer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 73.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres |
| Subject | Egypt -- History -- To 332 B.C. -- Fiction |
| Subject | Adventure and adventurers -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 29756 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-29756-9 |
| Release Date | Aug 22, 2009 |
| Last Update | Oct 13, 2025 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1306 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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