Tales from the 1001 Nights

The She Rose Classics edition of Tales from the 1001 Nights , translated by Sir Richard Francis Burton.

For years the cruel and ruthless King Shahriyar would sleep with a different virgin every night and execute her the next morning. But when the young lady Sheherazade is chosen for the king, she saves herself by keeping him in suspense each night of a new story of magical adventure in mystical lands. Originally told in Arabic, Tales from the 1001 Nights collects tales passed over hundreds of years from across the Middle East and South Asia, including well-known tales of Aladdin and his magic lamp, Sinbad the Sailor, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, and many more.