The Cat of Bubastes : A Tale of Ancient Egypt - Audio Book

The Cat of Bubastes :
A Tale of Ancient Egypt
Total listening time: 11 hrs, 34 minutes

Setting:  AD 1250 B.C. – Egypt. 

Story: This book covers the oldest time period of any of the Henty novels. In it, young readers 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.

CHAPTER
TIME (min:)
1:
The King of the Rebu
33:17
2:
The Siege of the City
31:55
3:
Captive
34:30
4:
An Easy Servitude
34:47
5:
In Lower Egypt
38:40
6:
Fowling and Fishing
34:52
7:
Hippopotamus and Crocodile
37:33
8:
The Conspiracy in the Temple
31:34
9:
A Startling Event
36:42
10:
The Cat of Bubastes
40:02
11:
Dangers Thicken
33:41
12:
The Death of Ameres
39:08
13:
The Search for Mysa
34:47
14:
A Prince of Egypt
35:22
15:
Ameres is Revenged
42:37
16:
Up the Nile
38:02
17:
Out of Egypt
35:55
18:
The Desert Journey
28:04
19:
Home at Last
33:35
20:
The King of the Rebu
19:19

Total Time: 11 hrs, 34 minutes

 

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