Arabian Nights Author:Companion Library Hundreds of years ago, a powerful Suntan of Persia cruelly decided to marry a new wife every day and have her executed the next morning. But when Shahriar, the Sultan, married Scheherazade, he did not know that she was as clever as she was beautiful. She decided to stop his reign of terror by telling him such wonderful stores that he would wan... more »t to have her near him always.Shahriar was so enchanted with Scheherazade's first tale that he begged her to continue and delayed her death.
For a thousand and one nights, the bveautiful Sultana entertained her husband with the thrilling stories of Sinbad, Ali Baba, Aladdin, and other tales of romance and magic which form this book.
And what happened to Scheherazade when her tales were ended? The Sultan was so delighted with her that he decided to mend his ways, and together they lived happily ever after.« less