Download or read book Princesses and Court Ladies (Classic Reprint) written by Arvede Barine and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-03 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Princesses and Court Ladies Here was once upon a time a great king who governed the most beautiful country in the world. His court, like himself, was full Of youth, joy, and magnificence; everything in his enchanted palace spoke of pleasure, gallantry, Splendour, and especially Of love. A hundred beauties sought to attract the young sovereign's attention, for besides being king, he was the handsomest man in the dominion. At the court, there was a little, black - eyed, ill favoured, gipsy-like maid, whom her uncle, the prime minister, had brought up from Childhood. She was wild, passionate, but full Of wit, and her mad pranks amused the king. He took such pleasure in her company that soon he could not do without it and vowed that he would marry her. The queen, his mother, opposed his passion and separated the two lovers, whereat there was much sorrow, and many tears were shed. But the queen was not to be gainsaid. The gipsy-like maid after this went through many adventures. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.