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Title: The Great White Queen
A Tale of Treasure and Treason

Author: William Le Queux

Release Date: May 17, 2008 [EBook #25499]

Language: English

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[Illustration: "Hurled headlong into the flaming mouth."--_Page 179._]

THE GREAT WHITE QUEEN

A TALE OF . .
TREASURE AND
TREASON . . .

BY

WILLIAM LE QUEUX

AUTHOR OF "ZORAIDA" "THE GREAT
WAR IN ENGLAND IN 1897" "A SECRET
SERVICE" ETC. . .

John F. Shaw & Co., Ltd.,
_Publishers_,
3, Pilgrim Street, London, E.C.

CONTENTS.

CHAP. PAGE
I.--A ROMANCE 1
II.--OMAR'S SLAVE 8
III.--OUTWARD BOUND 18
IV.--A STRANGE PROMISE 25
V.--THE GIANT'S FINGER 31
VI.--THE ROYAL JUJUS 37
VII.--SAMORY'S STRONGHOLD 45
VIII.--THE SECRET OF THE QUEEN 52
IX.--CONDEMNED TO THE TORTURE 59
X.--ZOMARA 65
XI.--THE HUMAN SACRIFICE 72
XII.--IN THE SACRED GROVE 81
XIII.--THE WAY OF THE THOUSAND STEPS 88
XIV.--FOES 96
XV.--A NATURAL GRAVE 102
XVI.--WORDS OF FIRE 111
XVII.--A SALUTE OF BULLETS 122
XVIII.--THE MYSTERIOUS REALM 131
XIX.--THE CITY IN THE CLOUDS 138
XX.--THE GREAT WHITE QUEEN 143
XXI.--A FIGURE IN THE SHADOW 154
XXII.--TO THE UNKNOWN 162
XXIII.--UNDER THE VAMPIRE'S WING 169
XXIV.--THE FLAMING MOUTH 180
XXV.--LIOLA 191
XXVI.--THE FIRST BLOW 201
XXVII.--BY THE NAYA'S ORDERS