by
Anatole France
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2013
In those days Balthasar, whom the Greeks called Saracin, reigned in Ethiopia. He was black, but comely of countenance. He had a simple soul and a generous heart.
The third year of his reign, which was the twenty-second of his age, he left his dominions on a visit to Balkis, Queen of Sheba....