{"product_id":"2940015300543","title":"FAMOUS AFFINITIES OF HISTORY, Volume 1-4, Complete","description":"Contents\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     THE STORY OF ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     ABELARD AND HELOISE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     QUEEN ELIZABETH AND THE EARL OF LEICESTER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS AND LORD BOTHWELL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     QUEEN CHRISTINA OF SWEDEN AND THE MARQUIS MONALDESCHI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     KING CHARLES II. AND NELL GWYN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     MAURICE OF SAXONY AND ADRIENNE LECOUVREUR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     THE STORY OF PRINCE CHARLES EDWARD STUART\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     THE EMPRESS CATHARINE AND PRINCE POTEMKIN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     MARIE ANTOINETTE AND COUNT FERSEN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     THE STORY OF AARON BURR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     GEORGE IV. AND MRS. FITZHERBERT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     CHARLOTTE CORDAY AND ADAM LUX\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     NAPOLEON AND MARIE WALEWSKA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     THE STORY OF PAULINE BONAPARTE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     THE STORY OF THE EMPRESS MARIE LOUISE AND COUNT NEIPPERG\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     THE WIVES OF GENERAL HOUSTON\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     LOLA MONTEZ AND KING LUDWIG OF BAVARIA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     LEON GAMBETTA AND LEONIE LEON\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     LADY BLESSINGTON AND COUNT D'ORSAY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     BYRON AND THE COUNTESS GUICCIOLI\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     THE STORY OF MME. DE STAEL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     THE STORY OF KARL MARX\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     FERDINAND LASSALLE AND HELENE VON DONNIGES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     THE STORY OF RACHEL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     DEAN SWIFT AND THE TWO ESTHERS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY AND MARY GODWIN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     THE STORY OF THE CARLYLES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     THE STORY OF THE HUGOS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     THE STORY OF GEORGE SAND\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     THE MYSTERY OF CHARLES DICKENS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     HONORE DE BALZAC AND EVELINA HANSKA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     CHARLES READE AND LAURA SEYMOUR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE STORY OF ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOf all love stories that are known to human history, the love story\u003cbr\u003eof Antony and Cleopatra has been for nineteen centuries the most\u003cbr\u003eremarkable. It has tasked the resources of the plastic and the graphic\u003cbr\u003earts. It has been made the theme of poets and of prose narrators. It has\u003cbr\u003eappeared and reappeared in a thousand forms, and it appeals as much\u003cbr\u003eto the imagination to-day as it did when Antony deserted his almost\u003cbr\u003evictorious troops and hastened in a swift galley from Actium in pursuit\u003cbr\u003eof Cleopatra.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe wonder of the story is explained by its extraordinary nature. Many\u003cbr\u003emen in private life have lost fortune and fame for the love of woman.\u003cbr\u003eKings have incurred the odium of their people, and have cared nothing\u003cbr\u003efor it in comparison with the joys of sense that come from the lingering\u003cbr\u003ecaresses and clinging kisses. Cold-blooded statesmen, such as Parnell,\u003cbr\u003ehave lost the leadership of their party and have gone down in history\u003cbr\u003ewith a clouded name because of the fascination exercised upon them by\u003cbr\u003esome woman, often far from beautiful, and yet possessing the mysterious\u003cbr\u003epower which makes the triumphs of statesmanship seem slight in\u003cbr\u003ecomparison with the swiftly flying hours of pleasure.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47084299288816,"sku":"2940015300543","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015300543","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}