The Rajah's Heir

The Rajah's Heir - A Novel in 3 volumes

'A dream and a forgetting. Is our life that? The sages who have searched into the past and future say that it is even so. A dreamanother dream; a beginningan ending; a beginning againan ending again; in all the world no halt for the trembling spirit until the dizzy height be reached. And thatwhen will it be? I accept not the priceless boon alone. Ye Holy Ones, who have been my companions from my boyhood, whose wills have wrought upon my will, whose bodiless voices have counselled me, ye know what is in my heart. If I had separated myself from my kind, from the children who depend upon me for their daily bread, I might now have attained to the goal of my spiritual desire; instead of going forth upon this weary flight I might have been basking in the light of knowledge, as the Divinenay, the very Divine myself. But it cannot be. For their sakes I must begin again.' Slowly and brokenly the words fell upon the silence. He who spoke thema man but a few hours ago in the full pride and glory of lifewas dying. Early that morning he had gone out as was his wont from his palace, he had ridden over fields which he had redeemed from the wilderness, he had visited the fair markets that his munificence had opened; he had gone on foot, as he had often done before, through the crowded streets of the city he governed, when the hand of an assassin struck him down. The blow was dealt before the eyes of the loyal throngs that pressed round their rajah; yet the miscreant who did the foul deed made no effort to escape. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 58486
Author: Despard, C. (Charlotte)
Release Date: Dec 17, 2018
Format: eBook
Language: English