A selection of thirteen tales told by Scheherazade in the Arabian Nights, which enchanted the cruel sultan so much that, he gave up executing his daily wives. Full of mischief and valour, ribaldry and
The poem is set in Scandinavia. Beowulf, a hero of the Geats, comes to the aid of Hroðgar, the king of the Danes, whose mead hall in Heorot has been under attack by a monster known as Grendel.
