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What if a kingdom’s greatest danger is its certainty that nothing can bring it down?
In The Lost Continent, C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne turns the Greek legend of Atlantis into an adventure of court intrigue, war and sorcery. Deucalion, a man of rank, tells what he sees from within this proud island realm. His account brings you close to its rulers and priests as forces gather against the world they know.
At the heart of the struggle lies a question: who should rule, and how? Kings, priests and nobles belong to an old order that ambition puts under strain. Around them stands a civilization confident in its wealth, its skill and its gods. Hyne explores how that confidence can become blindness, giving the clash over power a deeper sense of peril.
What you’ll discover
- Atlantis brought to life Enter a rich island realm where an ancient legend becomes a story of mounting danger.
- A witness within Follow Deucalion’s first-person account, close to the people and powers that shape his land.
- The struggle to rule Watch ambition test an old order of kings, priests and nobles.
- Pride under pressure Explore how faith in wealth and skill can hide the dangers facing a civilization.
- Intrigue, war and sorcery Find an adventure that brings court rivalry and sorcery into the legendary world of Atlantis.
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For readers who love early adventure fiction, ancient legends retold as novels, and tales of rulers, priests and peril.
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- A legend becomes an adventure
- Deucalion tells what he saw
- Power, faith and rivalry drive the plot
- A civilization sure of itself
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El continente perdido
by C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne · 1899
In Atlantis, Deucalion witnesses court intrigue, war and sorcery as ambition and rivalry put a civilization at risk.
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The Lost Continent is an adventure novel by the English writer C. J.
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A legend becomes an adventure
The idea of Atlantis goes back to the Greek thinker Plato, who described a powerful island kingdom lost beneath the waves. Later writers took up the notion again and again. Hyne wrote at a time when readers loved stories of lost worlds and hidden lands, and he saw that this legend could carry a big, colourful plot.
His novel does not read like a lecture on ancient history. It reads like an eyewitness record of a vanished age, with a narrator who has seen great events and wants them remembered. That choice gives the book its pull. You are asked to believe, for the length of the tale, that a real account has survived.
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What is The Lost Continent about?
It is an adventure novel set in Atlantis, told by a man named Deucalion. It follows power struggles, priests and sorcery in a rich island civilization that the title tells you is bound to be lost.
Who wrote The Lost Continent and when?
C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne, an English author, wrote it. It first appeared in a magazine in 1899 and was published as a book soon afterward.
Is The Lost Continent a true story?
No. It is fiction. Hyne drew on the old Greek legend of Atlantis, which comes from Plato, and built an invented adventure around it. There is no proof that Atlantis existed.
The author
C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne
1866–1944 · English adventure novelist
C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne was the pen name of Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne, a British novelist who lived in England from 1866 to 1944. He wrote adventure fiction, including stories featuring Captain Kettle. His novel The Lost Continent first appeared as a serial in Pearson’s Magazine in 1899.
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