Stories of the King (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Stories of the King<br><br>But now the time had come for him to die. In his strong room in the castle tower he lay moaning and wailing, and no friend stood by to smooth his pillow or try to lessen his pain. His knights and servants had forsaken him. How long he is in dying! They said; and they made riot in his halls, and rejoiced because his reign was ended.<br><br>The night was dark and wild. The rain was fall ing. The wind whistled and shrieked in every nook and corner of the old castle. The thunder muttered and rolled. The lightning gleamed fear fully among the clouds.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.