Found 682 results for "Kings and rulers in fiction"
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
by Mark Twain
"CAMELOT-CAMELOT," said I to myself.
King Lear
by William Shakespeare
1.1 King Lear, intending to divide his power and kingdom among his three daughters, demands public professions of their ...
The Once and Future King
by T. H. White
ON Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays it was Court Hand and Summulae Logicales, while the rest of the week it was the Organ...
King Henry V
by William Shakespeare
Shakespeare wrote the draft of Henry V that became the First Folio text in the early summer of 1599.
The Return of the King
by J.R.R. Tolkien
Pippin looked out from the shelter of Gandalf's cloak.
Le Morte d'Arthur
by Thomas Malory
KING VORTIGERN the usurper sat upon his throne in London, when, suddenly, upon a certain day, ran in a breathless messen...
Plays (36)
by William Shakespeare
Late in 1621 or early in 1622 two men brought to the son of a somewhat disreputable printer an idea that was to change t...
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Works [37 plays, 6 poems, sonnets]
by William Shakespeare
THIS play, indisputably one of the earliest complete productions of Shakespeare's mind, was first printed in the folio o...
The Happy Prince and other tales
by Oscar Wilde
High above the city, on a tall column, stood the statue of the Happy Prince.
Henry IV, Part 1
by William Shakespeare
This edition of Henry IV Part I is part of the Cambridge School Shakespeare series.
The golden bough
by James George Frazer, Theodor Herzl Gaster
I. Diana and Virbius.-Who does not know Turner's picture of the Golden Bough ?
Macbeth
by William Shakespeare
Macbeth was first produced at a time of radical theatrical change in England.
The Lord of the Rings
by J.R.R. Tolkien
When Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a part...
Winter's Tale
by William Shakespeare
If you shall chance (Camillo) to visit Bohemia, on the like occasion whereon my services are now on-foot, you shall see ...
Richard III
by William Shakespeare
1.1 Richard, alone onstage, reveals his intention to play the villain.
Prince Caspian
by C. S. Lewis
ONCE THERE WERE FOUR CHILDREN whose names were Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy, and it has been told in another book call...
Hamlet
by William Shakespeare
[Enter two Sentinels first, Francisco, who paces up and down at his post; then Bernardo, who approaches him.]
कामसूत्र
by Vatsyāyana
IT may be interesting to some persons to learn how it came about that Vatsyayana was first brought to light and translat...