Excerpt from Alexis, the Tyrant of the East: A Persian Tale The following truly interesting History was selected from a number of very valuable Manuscripts in the Persian language, found in the Alexandrian Library at the time of the Invasion of Egypt by the French: It has been considered as a true and lively picture of the barbarous manners and licentious ha bits of those early ages. - It contains d succinct Account of the extraordinary Adventures of that blood-stained Tyrant of the East, whose valor Ous exploits and daring crimes were long the con slant Theme of the Persian Bards; and whose fame is still proverbial in all Quarters of the Eastern World - The melancholy fate which at last awaited him, and closed a life fraught with the most atrocious acts of villany, resulting from the unrestrained indulgence of criminal Desires and a boundless Ambition, conveys a most salu tary lesson and a sure conviction to the reflecting. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.