THE PRINCESS ATHURA

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I THE GREAT KING’S LAST BATTLE

CHAPTER II AN OATH

CHAPTER III PREXASPES

CHAPTER IV ATHURA

CHAPTER V CAMBYSES

CHAPTER VI PERSEPOLIS

CHAPTER VII “I AM CYRUS, THE KING, THE ACHÆMENIAN!”

CHAPTER VIII A ROYAL COUNCIL AND A ROYAL HUNT

CHAPTER IX THE DEEPER THINGS

CHAPTER X A FAREWELL FEAST

CHAPTER XI THE GREAT KING INTRODUCES A STRANGE CUSTOM

CHAPTER XII THE FORCE OF AN OATH

CHAPTER XIII A CLASH OF WILLS

CHAPTER XIV THE WAR AGAINST EGYPT

CHAPTER XV THE MADNESS OF CAMBYSES

CHAPTER XVI THE END OF OATH-KEEPING

CHAPTER XVII THE EARLESS KING

CHAPTER XVIII THE SPIDER’S WEB

CHAPTER XIX A GALLOPING TO AND FRO

CHAPTER XX THE OVERTHROW OF THE MAGI

CHAPTER XXI KING OF KINGS