Arabian Nights Entertainment

For one Persian kingdom, marrying royalty is fatal. Their king, disillusioned by his adulterous first wife, decides all women are untrustworthy executes each of his new brides the morning after their marriage so they will not have the opportunity to betray him. One by one, brides are slaughtered, until a clever girl decides to prolong her death by offering stories. For 1,001 nights, the newest Queen weaves tales to entertain her captivated, dangerous husband— and, of course, to save her own life.

A literary classic often known as One Thousand and One Nights, this anthology of South and West Asian folklore is remembered for both each tale’s individually fascinating plot and for the way all of the stories are pulled together.