A tale told to a Sultan concerning a King and the Queen who drugged him at night so she could meet a lover in the woods. When the young King follows her, he wounds her paramour. The Queen builds a Palace of Tears for the wounded lover, and drama ensues.
Appearance List Literary: One Thousand and One Nights, or Arabian Nights with first English-language edition c. 1706–1721, The Arabian Nights: Their Best-known Tales by Smith, Wiggin, and Parrish (1909) [Library of Congress], et. al.
Sample Read The Arabian Nights: Their Best-known Tales by Smith, Wiggin, and Parrish [PG]
Description A tale told to a Sultan concerning a King and the Queen who drugged him at night so she could meet a lover in the woods. When the young King follows her, he wounds her paramour. The Queen builds a Palace of Tears for the wounded lover, and drama ensues.
