{"product_id":"9781531200428","title":"King Candaules","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e BEHIND THE VEIL!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe 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, like those plants which open their blossoms with a clap of thunder. To master his passion were henceforth a thing impossible.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis drove King Candaules quite literally mad.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnter Gyges, who falls in love with the Queen -- and enter with him drama . . . and tragedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yurita Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47182187856112,"sku":"9781531200428","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781531200428_p0.jpg?v=1763740268","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781531200428","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}