The Lion of Petra
THE LION of PETRA
A Complete Novel
by
TALBOT MUNDY
Author of “Barabbas Island,” “The ‘Iblis’ at Ludd,” etc.
- I. “Allah makes all things easy!” 3
- II. “Trust in God, but tie your camel!” 9
- III. “Ali Higg’s brains live in a black tent!” 14
- IV. “Go and ask the kites then at Dat Ras!” 18
- V. “Let the mother of snakes beware!” 25
- VI. “Him and me—same father!” 30
- VII. “You got cold feet?” 37
- VIII. “He cools his wrath in the moonlight, communing with Allah!” 43
- IX. “I think we’ve got the lion of Petra on the hip!” 48
- X. “There’s no room for two of you!” 51
- XI. “That we make a profit from this venture!” 58
- XII. “Yet I forgot to speak of the twenty aeroplanes!” 63
- XIII. “There is a trick to ruling!” 67
“The Lion of Petra,” copyright, 1922, by Talbot Mundy.
Copyright, 1922, by The Ridgway Company in the United States and Great Britain. All rights reserved.
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published in 1922, before the cutoff of January 1, 1929.
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