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The rapid apparition of Nyssia had dazzled his eyes like the keen zigzag of a lightning flash. He beheld her floating before him in a luminous whirlwind, and felt that never through all his life could he banish that image from his vision. His love had grown to vastness; its flower had suddenly burst, like those plants which open their blossoms with a clap of thunder. To master his passion were henceforth a thing impossible.
She was the most beautiful woman on Earth -- but Nyssia's husband, King Candaules, could not flaunt his wife's beauty, because tradition and decorum demanded she wear a veil.
This drove King Candaules quite literally mad.
Enter Gyges, who falls in love with the Queen -- and enter with him drama . . . and tragedy.
The remarkable French author of One of Cleopatra's Nights adapted this tale from the pages of Herodotus into this exciting, entertaining, and erotic novel.
About: Théophile Gautier was a French novelist and poet who wrote across various genres, from dramas to horror, and his works remain popular over 140 years after his death.
About: King Candaules
About: Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier (1811-1872) was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and literary critic.
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