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King Candaules
King Candaules
Author: Theophile Gautier, Théophile Gautier
BEHIND THE VEIL!
The rapid apparition of Nyssia had dazzled his eyes like the keen zigzag of a lightning flash. He beheld her floating before him in a luminous whirlwind, and felt that never through all his life could he banish that image from his vision. His love had grown to vastness; its flower had suddenly burst, ...  more »
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She was the most beautiful woman on Earth -- but Nyssia's husband, King Candaules, could not flaunt his wife's beauty, because tradition and decorum demanded she wear a veil. This drove King Candaules quite literally mad. Enter Gyges, who falls in love with the Queen -- and enter with him drama . . . and tragedy. The remarkable French author of One of Cleopatra's Nights adapted this tale from the pages of Herodotus into this exciting, entertaining, and erotic novel.
ISBN-13: 9781606640869
ISBN-10: 1606640860
Publication Date: 5/1/2008
Pages: 104
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Publisher: Aegypan
Book Type: Paperback
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