Edmond About
The King of the Mountains
(E-BOOKARAMA Sept. 25, 2019)
"The King of the Mountains", a French humour classic by Edmond About, appeared in 1856, when he was twenty-eight.
The scene is laid in and near contemporary Athens. The story is an animated and delightfully humorous account of the adventures befalling two English ladies and a young German scientist, who are captured and held for ransom by the redoubtable Hadgi-Stavros, king of the brigands.
The scene is laid in and near contemporary Athens. The story is an animated and delightfully humorous account of the adventures befalling two English ladies and a young German scientist, who are captured and held for ransom by the redoubtable Hadgi-Stavros, king of the brigands.
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