Their Majesties as I Knew Them / Personal Reminiscences of the Kings and Queens of Europe

honour of being attached to the person of Muzaffr-ed-Din, King of Kings and Shah of Persia, during the whole duration of the offici

ho had never succeeded in making up his mind, when he came to Europe, to leave on the further shore, so to speak, the manners and customs of his country or to lay aside the troublesome fancies in which his reckless despotism loved to indulge. Was it not related of him that, wh

uring one of his stays in Paris. It so happened that the occasion offered. He was invited to go one morning to the Place de la Roquette, where the scaffold had been e

d, pointing to the public prosecutor

hah insisted and thought it discourteous o

rm of humanity, travelling from his capital to the shores of Europe, slowly, by easy stages, as in the medi?val times, across deserts and mountains and blue-domed dead cities, escorted b

heifers and to console unpaid tradesmen, all to be finally pointed o

round eyes, prominent stomach and general adiposity formed a contrast with his backward mental condition and his sleepy intelligence. He had, in fact, the brain of a twelve-year-old schoolboy, together with a schoolboy's easy astonishment, candour and curiosity. He busied himself exclusively with small things, the only things that exci

in an expansive mood, fixing his round pupil

little offended at the place which he

belonging to the family. 'Domestic' in his mind means a friend of the house, acco

ring that Muzaffr-ed-Din spoke French with difficulty and