{"product_id":"tales-of-the-marvellous-and-news-of-the-strange","title":"Malcolm Lyons: Tales of the Marvellous and News of the Strange [2016] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn the shrouded corpse hung a tablet of green topaz with the inscription:\u003ci\u003e 'I am Shaddad the Great. I conquered a thousand cities; a thousand white elephants were collected for me; I lived for a thousand years and my kingdom covered both east and west, but when death came to me nothing of all that I had gathered was of any avail. You who see me take heed: for Time is not to be trusted.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDating from at least a millennium ago, these are the earliest known Arabic short stories, surviving in a single, ragged manuscript in a library in Istanbul. Some found their way into \u003ci\u003eThe Arabian Nights \u003c\/i\u003ebut most have never been read in English before. \u003ci\u003eTales of the Marvellous and News of the Strange  \u003c\/i\u003ehas monsters, lost princes, jewels beyond price, a princess turned into a gazelle, sword-wielding statues and shocking reversals of fortune.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lyons, Malcolm \u0026 Anonymous, Anonymous","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46807349264723,"sku":"9780241299951","price":15.7,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":47055926395219,"sku":"XV80241299951","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/lyons-malcolm-anonymous-anonymous-malcolm-lyons-tales-of-the-marvellous-and-news-of-the-strange-2016-paperback-52116475707731.jpg?v=1694263824","url":"https:\/\/keatsandchapman.info\/products\/tales-of-the-marvellous-and-news-of-the-strange","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}