Ayesha Contributor(s): Rider Haggard, H. (Author) |
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ISBN: ISBN-13: 9798676545857 Publisher: Independently Published OUR PRICE: $18.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2020 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
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BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Action & Adventure - Fiction | Literary |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.87 lbs) 266 pages |
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Publisher Description: Book Excerptched him I could catch the tones of his full, sonorous voice, and see his waving, outstretched arms. In his right hand he held the looped sceptre which, by his express wish I send to you with the drawings. I could see the flash of the jewels strung upon the wires, and in the great stillness, hear the tinkling of its golden bells."Presently, too, I seemed to become aware of another presence, and now you will understand why I desire and must ask that my identity should be suppressed. Naturally enough I do not wish to be mixed up with a superstitious tale which is, on the face of it, impossible and absurd. Yet under all the circumstances I think it right to tell you that I saw, or thought I saw, something gather in the shadow of the central dolmen, or emerge from its rude chamber--I know not which for certain--something bright and glorious which gradually took the form of a woman upon whose forehead burned a star-like fire."At any rate the vision or reflection, or whatever it was, startled me so |