Princess Badoura: A tale from the Arabian Nights

By Laurence Housman

Princess Badoura' is a 1913 short story written by Laurence Housman and illustrated by Edmund Dulac. Badoura is a princess of China and the most beautiful woman on earth. She falls in love in her sleep with Prince Camar of Persia. In opposition to their families, the young couple refuses to marry anyone else until they are reunited. If and how this dream will come true is revealed later in the story. Based on a tale from "One Thousand and One Nights," this wonderfully illustrated story is a perfect read for lovers of folklore and classic fairy tales.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Good Press
• Release date: May 19, 2021
• ISBN: 4057664590770

Laurence Housman

Laurence Housman (18 July 1865 – 20 February 1959) was an English playwright, writer and illustrator whose career stretched from the 1890s to the 1950s. He studied art in London and worked largely as an illustrator during the first years of his career, before shifting focus to writing. He was a younger brother of the poet A. E. Housman and his sister and fellow activist in the women's suffrage movement was writer/illustrator Clemence Housman.

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