Tales from the Arabian Nights

Tales from the Arabian Nights by Hamilton, Tessa. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780861124565.

Based on Sir Richard Burtons translation of The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nights, Peter Olivers compilation of short stories offers a format readable to children and adults alike, beautifully illustrated by Tessa Hamilton. Princess Shahrazad tells stories such as Ali Baba and the Forty Theives, The Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor, and Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp. Under threat of death from the King, Princess Shahrazad must keep him interested in the stories or lose her life.