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How do all great stories begin? With "Once Upon A Time..." Once upon a time, there lived a king whose heart was heavy. He had been betrayed by the woman he loved. Though the queen's schemes were discoverd before she could deprive her husband of his life, her dying curse killed something... read more

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This book for those of you have read or heard of Arabian Nights is a retelling of that. A king loses his love and so to prevent himself from being hurt again he promises never to love again. He sets up a contest among the young beautiful ladies in his kingdom. Each one of them is spend one... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

This book for those of you have read or heard of Arabian Nights is a retelling of that. A king loses his love and so to prevent himself from being hurt again he promises never to love again. He sets up a contest among the young beautiful ladies in his kingdom. Each one of them is spend one night with the king. He will continue this process every month. The one that he likes the most will be his queen. Each one that fails will be killed. Along comes the story teller's daughter. She tells him a story on the first and adds to it each night after that. The king falls in love with her but feels betrayed when he realizes that she is merely trying to save her own live. In the end he must chose whether to kill her or make her his queen. Wonderful story.

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  • Shahrazad: She is the lovely blind daughter of the story teller and the Vizir to the king. She wins the heart of the king by telling him a story that does not end and continuing it and adding to it each night.
  • Shahrayar: The king whose heart has been broken by his queen. He vows to take his revenge by picking a new wife each month and killing her at the end of that month.
  • Dinarzad: Shaharazad's little sister who assists her with the plan to keep Sharazad alive.
  • Shazaman: king of one half of the divided kingdom. Shahrayar's brother.
  • Prince Khasib: a character in one of the stories
  • Nur Al-din Hasan: The king's vizier and father of Shahrazad and Dinarzad.
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Once, in days so long past even the graybeards among you remember them only in stories there lived a king who had two sons.

Table of Contents edit see section history

If You Would Know

How The Story Begins

The Tale of the Girl Who Wished to be What She Was Not

Sorrow

How Shahrazad Was Bold

In Which the Vizier Takes a Chance

The King Takes a Wife But Receives a Surprise

In Which Hidden Things Begin to Reveal Themselves

Dinarzad Sets the Future In Motion

The Tale of the King Who Thought He Could Outshine the Stars

Shahrayar Surprises Many, But Most of all Himself

A Plot

Shahrazad Resumes Her Tale

The Calm Before the Storm

A Sunlight Story

The Tale of Fishermen, The Prince, and the Water Bearer's Daughter

How the Water Bearer's Daughter Finds the Fishermen, the Treasure, And Her Heart. And How the Story Finds It's End. In That Order

Dinarzad Pulls a Thread

In Which Ajib Learns to See His Heart

The Eyes of the Heart

All The Threads Are Woven Up

Series & Lists edit see section history

This book is in Once Upon a Time. (publisher series)

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Cameron Dokey (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Country: United States
Publication Date: 2002
ISBN: 0743422201
Page Count: 240

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