Sir Henry Rider Haggard was an English writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and the creator of the Lost World literary genre. Queen of the Dawn is about the overthrow of the Hyksos and reinstatement of the rightful pharaonic line.
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Генри Райдер Хаггард. Queen of the Dawn: A Love Tale of Old Egypt
Chapter 1. The Dream of Rima
Chapter 2. The Messenger
Chapter 3. The Escape
Chapter 4. The Temple of the Sphinx
Chapter 5. The Swearing of the Oath
Chapter 6. Nefra Conquers the Pyramids
Chapter 7. The Plot of the Vizier
Chapter 8. The Scribe Rasa
Chapter 9. The Crowning of Nefra
Chapter 10. The Message
Chapter 11. The Fall
Chapter 12. The Spirit of the Pyramids
Chapter 13. The Messenger from Tanis
Chapter 14. The Sentence of Pharaoh
Chapter 15. Brother Temu
Chapter 16. The Passing of Roy
Chapter 17. The Fate of the Cliff-Climbers
Chapter 18. How Nefra Came to Babylon
Chapter 19. The Four Brothers
Chapter 20. The March from Babylon
Chapter 21. Traitor or Hero
Chapter 22. Khian Returns to Tanis
Chapter 23. The Queen of the Dawn
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There was war in Egypt and Egypt was rent in two. At Memphis in the north, at Tanis, and in all the rich lands of the Delta where by many mouths the Nile flows down to the sea, a usurping race held power, that whose forefathers, generations before, had descended upon Egypt like a flood, destroyed its temples and deposed its gods, possessing themselves of the wealth of the land. At Thebes in the south the descendants of the ancient Pharaohs still ruled precariously, again and again attempting to drive out the fierce Semitic or Bedouin kings, named the Shepherds, whose banners flew from the walls of all the northern cities.
They failed because they were too weak, indeed the hour of their final victory was yet far away and of it our tale does not tell.
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“We stood still awhile, staring at each other, and my heart was full of doubt and fear. Once we were in this man’s power, what might not befall us? Or rather what might not befall you, O Queen, and the royal child, since it is true, Queen, that for myself I cared and care little.”
“I know it, Kemmah beloved,” answered Rima. “But to your tale. What happened?”
