The Anglo-Saxon race was in its boyhood in the days when the Vikings lived. Youth's fresh fires burned in men's blood; the unchastened turbulence of youth prompted their crimes, and their good deeds were inspired by the purity and whole-heartedness and divine simplicity of youth. For every heroic vice ... more »

A one-eyed man with a stuffed crocodile upon his head paused before the steps of Cairo's gayest hotel and his expectant gaze ranged hopefully over the thronged verandas. It was afternoon tea time; the band was playing and the crowd was at its thickest and brightest. The little tables were surrounded ... more »

Le 26 octobre de l'an 1585, les barrières de la porte Saint- Antoine  se trouvaient encore, contre toutes les habitudes, fermées à dix heures et demie du matin. A dix heures trois quarts, une garde de vingt Suisses, qu'on reconnaissait à leur uniforme pour être des Suisses des petits cantons, c ... more »

Some twenty and odd years ago there stood a little cabin at the foot of a round hill, that very much resembled a cupola in shape, and which, from its position and height, commanded a prospect of singular beauty. This hill was one of a range that ran from north to southwest; but in consequence of its ... more »

Le 22 mars de l'an de grâce 1718, jour de la mi-carême, un jeune  seigneur de haute mine, âgé de vingt-six à vingt-huit ans, monté sur un beau cheval d'Espagne, se tenait, vers les huit heures du matin, à l'extrémité du pont Neuf qui aboutit au quai de l'Ecole. Il était si droit et si ferme en selle ... more »

A man enveloped in a handsome grey cloak groped through a dark alley which led into the fashionable district of the Rue de Béthisy. From time to time he paused, with a hand to his ear, as if listening. Satisfied that the alley was deserted save for his own presence, he would proceed, hugging the walls ... more »

The dramatic and passionate story of Hatshepsut, Queen of Egypt during the Eighteenth dynasty. Ancient Egypt 3500 years ago - a land ruled by the all-powerful female king, Hatshepsut. Ambitious, ruthless and worldly: a woman who established Amun as the chief god of Egypt, bestowing his Priesthood with ... more »

In ancient Egypt during the magnificent eighteenth dynasty the Pharaoh Akhenaten and his queen, the strong and beautiful Nefertiti, are engaged in a dramatic battle against the wealthy, corrupt and dangerously powerful priests of Amun. Haunting and full of surprises, Akhenaten: Son of the Sun gives a ... more »

Ankhesenamun has never been safe in all her short life - not even with her beloved husband and half-brother, Tutankhamun. Daughter of the Pharaoh Akhenaten and the fabled Nefertiti, and married at one time to her father, Ankhesenamun is made to marry Tutankhamun by the powerful General Horemheb at a ... more »

It is now fourteen years since I planned the story related in these volumes, the outcome of a series of lectures which I had occasion to deliver on the period of the Roman dominion in Egypt. But the pleasures of inventive composition were forced to give way to scientific labors, and when I was once more ... more »

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Allow me, my dear friend, to dedicate these pages to you. I present them to you at the close of a period of twenty years during which a warm and fast friendship has subsisted between us, unbroken by any disagreement. Four of my works have first seen the light under your care and have wandered all over ... more »