Epics in Literature - Arabian nights

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King Shahryar, a ruler in ancient Persia discovers his Queen has been unfaithful to him; he becomes enraged and has her put to death. Heartbroken and distrustful of all women, he marries a young maiden every night and has her beheaded the next day to avoid further betrayal. In an attempt to save all the girls in Persia, the beautiful and witty, young Shahrazad, puts herself forward as his wife... On the first night she begins a tale of high adventure that captures the King’s imagination but as the dawn approaches she does not finish it. The king delay’s her execution so that he can hear the end of the story and so begin the tales of One Thousand and One Nights...join us with King Shahryar in the magical adventures of Aladdin and his flying carpet, Sindbad the Sailor and man-eating ogres, Ali Baba, treasure caves and bandits.