The Witch of Aleppo

The Witch of Aleppo (1924)
by Harold Lamb

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Extracted from Adventure magazine, Vol 44, 30 January 1924, pp. 1-69. Accompanying illustration (for the magazine cover) by P. N. Merrill. [#Demid, Ayub]. The koshevoi—the chief of the Cossacks' warrior bands—has been kidnapped, and a king's ransom demanded. The coffers are empty. Can Demid and Ayub plunder enough in time? Failure means the chief's beheading.

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THE WITCH OF ALEPPO

A COMPLETE NOVEL

by Harold Lamb

Author of “Men from Below,” “The King Dies,” etc.

Chapter I. In Barracks
Chapter II. The Gallows Birds
Chapter III. The Straight Sword
Chapter IV. Ayub Casts A Net
Chapter V. The ways of the sea are blind ways
Chapter VI. Ibnol Hammamgi
Chapter VIII. Lali Makes A Promise
Chapter VIII. Where his grave is dug there shall a man die
Chapter IX. The Voice In The Darkness
Chapter X. The Zineh Of Allepo
Chapter XI. Ayub Issues A Challenge
Chapter XII. A woman's wit is sharp as the dagger of a Rifi thief
Chapter XIII. Where the road ends the warriors dismount

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