The Eye of Istar: A Romance of the Land of No Return
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About This Book
William Tufnell Le Queux was an Anglo-French journalist and writer. He was also a diplomat , a traveller , a flying buff who officiated at the first British air meeting at Doncaster in 1909, and a wireless pioneer who broadcast music from his own station long before radio was generally available; his claims regarding his own abilities and exploits, however, were usually exaggerated. His best-known works are the anti-French andanti-Russian invasion fantasy The Great War in England in 1897 (1894) and the anti-German invasion fantasy The Invasion of 1910 (1906), the latter of which was a phenomen...
Chapters (92)
- William Le Queux "The Eye of Istar" "A Romance of the Land of No Return"
- Preface.
- Prologue.
- Chapter One.
- The Blast of the Onbeia.
- Chapter Two.
- Sun and Silence.
- Chapter Three.
- Azala.
- Chapter Four.
- The Mark of the Asps.
- Chapter Five.
- The Black Eunuch.
- Chapter Six.
- Rage and Remorse.
- Chapter Seven.
- The White City.
- Chapter Eight.
- Veiled Men of the Desert.
- Chapter Nine.
- An Audience of the Khalifa.
- Chapter Ten.
- Chapter Eleven.
- Tiamo the Dwarf.
- Chapter Twelve.
- Mysteries of Eblis.
- Chapter Thirteen.
- The Prism of Destiny.
- Chapter Fourteen.
- A Sign Afar.
- Chapter Fifteen.
- Tales of the Story-Tellers.
- Chapter Sixteen.
- A Secret of State.
- Chapter Seventeen.
- Flight.
- Chapter Eighteen.
- The Alarm.
- Chapter Nineteen.
- Mohammed El-Arewa.
- Chapter Twenty.
- The Father of the Blue Hand.
- Chapter Twenty One.
- In the Wilderness.
- Chapter Twenty Two.
- Zu, the Bird-God.
- Chapter Twenty Three.
- The Forest of Perpetual Night.
- Chapter Twenty Four.
- A Pagan Land.
- Chapter Twenty Five.
- Avisibba.
- Chapter Twenty Six.
- The Ivory-Raiders.
- Chapter Twenty Seven.
- Ngalyema.
- Chapter Twenty Eight.
- Pigmies of the Forest.
- Chapter Twenty Nine.
- Facing Malec.
- Chapter Thirty.
- A Prophecy.
- Chapter Thirty One.
- On the Horizon.
- Chapter Thirty Two.
- The Great Sin.
- Chapter Thirty Three.
- Where Dwelt the Devourer.
- Chapter Thirty Four.
- The Land of the No Return.
- Chapter Thirty Five.
- A Visitant from the Mists.
- Chapter Thirty Six.
- The Torture-Wheel.
- Chapter Thirty Seven.
- Ea.
- Chapter Thirty Eight.
- Istar.
- Chapter Thirty Nine.
- Foretokens.
- Chapter Forty.
- The Festival of Tammuz.
- Chapter Forty One.
- The Temple of Love.
- Chapter Forty Two.
- Crooked Paths.
- Chapter Forty Three.
- Doom.
- Chapter Forty Four.
- The Talisman.
- Chapter Forty Five.
- Conclusion.
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