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The Gates of Kamt (1907)
by Baroness Orczy, illustrated by illustrator=Troy Kinney and Margaret West Kinney
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first published in the UK as By the Gods Beloved (1905)

The novel is in the tradition of Rider Haggard's 1887 She, and concerns a lost race of ancient Egyptians. In her autobiography, Links in the Chains of Life, Baroness Orczy comments: "The book that gave me more pleasure to write than any of the others is By the Gods Beloved, not only because I could allow my imagination to go roaming in hitherto unexplored realms but because I could give it full sway in picturesque descriptions of places that did not really exist, and in people and characters who could have no attributes that were entirely normal and modern."

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THE GATES OF KAMT

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"Wilt tell me what lies beyond the Hills of Kamt?"

(p. 184)

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The Gates of Kamt


By
Baroness Orczy

Author of
"The Scarlet Pimpernel,"
The Emperor's Candlesticks,
etc., etc.


Illustrated By
The Kinneys



New York
Dodd, Mead & Company
1907

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Copyright, 1905, By

The Knickerbocker Press


Copyright, 1907, By

Dodd, Mead & Company

Published May, 1907

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TO
ELIZABETH, AMY and FLORA BARSTOW
of Garrow Hill, York,
whose friendship has helped to render the land
of my adoption doubly dear to me,
this book is inscribed
in token of lasting affection

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PUBLISHER'S NOTE

The English edition of this book was issued
under the title "By the Gods Beloved"

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CONTENTS

PART I
THE GATES OF KAMT

  1. chapterpage
  2. I
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		1
  3. II
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		11
  4. III
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		21
  5. IV
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		31
  6. V
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		46
  7. VI
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		58
  8. VII
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		68


PART II
MEN-NE-FER

  1. VIII
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		79
  2. IX
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		99
  3. X
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		111
  4. XI
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		121
  5. XII
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		135
  6. XIII
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		146
  7. XIV
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		156


PART III
THE PALACE OF NEIT-AKRIT

  1. XV
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		163
  2. XVI
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		174
  3. XVII
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		183
  4. XVIII
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		193
  5. XIX
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		207
    6. ​
  6. XX
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		212
  7. XXI
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		220


PART IV
TANIS

  1. XXII
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		228
  2. XXIII
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		236
  3. XXIV
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		246
  4. XXV
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		259
  5. XXVI
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		276
  6. XXVII
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		285
  7. XXVIII
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		298
  8. XXIX
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		313
  9. XXX
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		319
  10. XXXI
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		325

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ILLUSTRATIONS

  1. "Wilt tell me what lies beyond the hills of Kamt?"
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    		Frontispiece
  2.  
  3. Remember that this broken wand might prove the future emblem of . . . thy power."
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    		Facing Page 160
  4.  
  5. He had fallen, half-fainting, upon the marble floor, and clung, around her knees
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    		""204
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  7. "I will cause all my wealth, . . . to be left to thee, if thou wilt part my lover and Neit-akrit forever."
    ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
    		""250


This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.

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