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The Hawk of Egypt

Joan Conquest

  • Adventure
  • Book language: English
  • 271 pages

The Hawk of Egypt is a 1922 adventure novel by Joan Conquest, set in Egypt. It hints at desert romance and peril, as when a girl trembles before a tent in the frontispiece. The story weaves mystery and atmosphere.

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[Frontispiece: Trembling from head to foot the girl stood before the tent which no foot but his had trod.]

[Transcriber's note: the frontispiece page was too badly damaged to produce a usable image.]

THE HAWK OF EGYPT

By

JOAN CONQUEST

Author of "Desert Love", "Leonie of the Jungle."
FRONTISPIECE BY
G. W. GAGE
NEW YORK
THE MACAULAY COMPANY
Copyright, 1922,
By The Macaulay Company
Printed in the United States of America

"IN LOVE AND GRATITUDE TO THE

DEAREST OF WOMEN 'MIVES' MY

MOTHER"

THE HAWK OF EGYPT

Author's Note: All names in this book are fictitious.

[Transcriber's note: A number of words in this book are Arabic, using characters that require Unicode to render properly. Refer to the transcriber's note at the end of this book for more information.]

THE HAWK OF EGYPT

CHAPTER I

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Contents

  1. THE HAWK OF EGYPT
  2. FRONTISPIECE BY
  3. NEW YORK

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