The most well known fiction from the Islamic world was The Book of One Thousand and One Nights ( Arabian Nights ), which was a compilation of many earlier folk tales told by the Persian Queen Scheherazade.

Depiction of Queen Scheherazade telling her stories to King Shahryar in One Thousand and One Nights

So, having been made a wiser and kinder man by Scheherazade and her tales, he spared her life, and made her his Queen.

The full original French title was Astérix chez Rahàzade ou Le compte des mille et une heures ( Asterix meets Orinjade or the 1001 Hours Countdown ), a reference to Queen Scheherazade who tells the famous 1001 Arabian Nights collection of stories.

Holmes also tells Watson, in " A Case of Identity ", of a golden snuff box received from the King of Bohemia after " A Scandal in Bohemia " and a fabulous ring from the Dutch royal family ; in " The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans ", Holmes receives an emerald tie-pin from Queen Victoria.

Ender tells the story of the Buggers as it is related to him, and publishes it as The Hive Queen under the pseudonym " Speaker for the Dead.

There is also a more recent book ( 2004 ) by Alan Gold titled The Pirate Queen: The Story of Grace O ' Malley, an Irish Pirate that tells of her life from 14 till her meeting with Elizabeth I.

The play is set during the latter days of the Roman Empire and tells the fictional story of Titus, a general in the Roman army, who is engaged in a cycle of revenge with Tamora, Queen of the Goths.

* Bevis Longstreth wrote two novels set in the Ancient Middle East, Spindle and Bow ( 2005 ), and Return of the Shade ( 2009 ), which tells the story of Queen Parysatis ( 444BC to 384BC ) who ruled Ancient Persia.

The Red Branch warriors, including Cúchulainn and the sons of Usnech, appear as main characters in The Swan Maiden ( 2009 ), a novel by Jules Watson about the life of Deirdre The Raven Queen tells more of the story, mainly Maeve's view.

* Sailor Moon: The first arc of the final season of the anime adaptation tells a story heavily based around the tale of the Snow Queen.

As well as pointing out features of the building, it tells the story of Queen Isabella.

In 2010, the film Black Swan tells a story about Nina Sayers, a dancer who lands the role as Swan Queen in Swan Lake ; the film contains scenes of the character who sees a double of herself whenever she feels insecure of herself.

Bede tells us, in the Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, that Ecgfrith was held as a hostage " at the court of Queen Cynwise in the province of the Mercians " when Penda of Mercia invaded Northumbria in 654 or 655.

Of interest to fans of twentieth century humour is the fact that " George Buchanan, her chief traducer, tells us, with lipsmacking relish, in his Rerum Scoticarum Historia-' William and Edmund Blaccader, Edward Robertson and Thomas Dickson, all Bothwell's men and notorious pirates ' Mary Queen of Scots on her journey to Alloa Tower in 1566 ".

As they cross, the Queen, ruler of the fortress and Yorda's mother, appears and tells Yorda that as her daughter she cannot leave the castle.

In The Swarm War, Luke Skywalker takes his nephew's advice so many times that he even listens when Jacen tells him that he is not ready to face Lomi Plo, the Dark Queen of the Gorog.

Jareth is overtly villainous in this draft of the script, and during his final confrontation with Sarah he tells her he would " much rather have a Queen " than " a little goblin prince.

It tells the story of Lady Jane Grey, the Nine Days ' Queen, on her reign and romance with husband Lord Guilford Dudley.

Alice continues to argue with the Queen and even though she tells her to hold her tongue Alice refuses and tells the Queen to hold hers.

After an interesting conversation with talking flowers, Alice meets The Red Queen, who tells her to take the place of one of the pawns / children of The White Queen on the chess board.

The Red Queen tells her that only if she becomes a queen she may go home.

Menelik l is a short documentary shot in Ethiopia that tells the story of the son of the Queen of Sheba through tableaux images and music.

He rescues Queen Ambi, and Nayru tells him that all has returned to normal.

The first royalty whom Mama ever waited on in the White House was Queen Marie of Rumania, who came to a State dinner given in her honor on October 21, 1926.

Hand her a chair and she would say, `` Why, it's a nice imitation of those Queen Anne chairs I inherited from Grandmother Delancy ''.

He called her `` the Mare '' much as Mrs. Whipsnade spoke of `` the Queen, God bless her ''.

She answered her accusers that she received tuition from Thomas Reid, a former barony officer who had died at the Battle of Pinkie some 30 years before and also from the Queen of the Elfhame which lay nearby.

They had five or six children together, including Edward the Elder, who succeeded his father as king, Æthelflæd, who would become Queen of Mercia in her own right, and Ælfthryth who married Baldwin II the Count of Flanders.

Alfonso was the son of Queen Isabella II of Spain, and allegedly, of her husband and King Consort, Francis, Duke of Cádiz.

When Queen Isabella and her husband were forced to leave Spain by the Revolution of 1868, Alfonso accompanied them to Paris.

The Prince of Asturias, Alfonso, is the person chosen to develop the new roadmap proposed by Canovas, which led to the June 1870 abdication of Queen Isabel II in favour of her son Prince Alfonso.

The tomb of Myrine is mentioned in the Iliad ; later interpretation made of her an Amazon: according to Diodorus, Queen Myrine led her Amazons to victory against Libya and much of Gorgon.

The Dowager Queen Constance was anxious for her son's life and she escaped with King Ladislaus to the court of Leopold VI, Duke of Austria.

But if every historian were to assert that Queen Elizabeth was observed walking around happy and healthy after her funeral, and then interpreted that to mean that they had risen from the dead, then we'd have reason to appeal to natural laws in order to dispute their interpretation.

In addition to James II himself ( who died a few months after the act received the royal assent ) and his Catholic children Prince James and Princess Louisa, the act also excluded the descendents of James ' sister Henrietta, the youngest daughter of Charles I. Henrietta's daughter Anne was then the Queen of Sardinia and a Catholic ; the Jacobite heirs of today are descended from her line.

The production at Rome of his opera Gli Equivoci nell sembiante ( 1679 ) gained him the support of Queen Christina of Sweden ( who at the time was living in Rome ), and he became her Maestro di Cappella.

Hardly had Grant established herself as the " Queen of Christian Pop " when she changed directions to widen her fan base ( and hence her musical message ).

Also, Mary, Queen of Scots, visited nearby Inchmahome Priory often as a child, and during her short reign.

A Queen of Thebes and wife of Amphion, Niobe boasted of her superiority to Leto because while she had fourteen children ( Niobids ), seven boys and seven girls, Leto had only one of each.

Executive authority in British Virgin Islands is vested in The Queen and is exercised on her behalf by the Governor of the British Virgin Islands.

Government of Barbados consists of: The Monarch, HM Queen Elizabeth II ( and her representative the Governor-General, HE Sir Elliott Belgrave ); The Prime Minister, The Hon.

A leading proponent of the Great Game, Disraeli introduced the Royal Titles Act 1876, which created Queen Victoria Empress of India, putting her at the same level as the Russian Tsar.

Queen Victoria, the first monarch to reside at Buckingham Palace, moved into the newly completed palace upon her accession in 1837.

Pausing for a moment he scribbled on the back of an old tavern bill a note addressed to his wife, Sarah: " I have no time to say more but to beg you will give my duty to the Queen, and let her know her army has had a glorious victory.