One of Cleopatra's Nights
by Theophile Gautier
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Windows Vista / XP / 2000, Mac OS X, Sony Reader Features
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Availability:
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One of Cleopatra's Nights Summary
| You were wanting an adventure, something strange and unexpected; you have got just what you wished. You see that your realm is not so dead as you claimed. It is no stone arm from a statue that has sped that arrow, it is not from the heart of a mummy that these three words which have moved you so have come, you who see with a smile on your lips your poisoned slaves beating with their heels and their heads in the convulsions of agony your beautiful mosaic. |
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| One of Cleopatra's common people, a hunter, declares his love for Cleopatra and is in mortal danger from doing so. However, Cleopatra, instead of executing him, decides to take him as her lover under one condition.... Please Note: This book is easy to read in true text, not scanned images that can sometimes be difficult to decipher. This eBook has bookmarks at chapter headings and is printable up to two full copies per year. |
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