Today's free book is
The Legend of the Queen of Sheba in the Tradition of Axum by Enno Littmann. The "Axum" of the title refers to the ancient Kingdom of Axum (Aksum) in what is today Eritrea and northern Ethiopia. You can read more about the culture of the
Kingdom of Aksum and about the
Queen of Sheba at Wikipedia. There is also an article about
King Menelik I, the son of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba.
For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.
The book is available at the
Internet Archive,
Hathi Trust, and
Google Books.
Preface
I. The Legend: How King Solomon Begat King Menelik
II. Notes on the Legend
The legends of the dragon and of the saints
The journey of the Queen of Sheba to Solomon and her return to Abyssinia
Menelik's journey to Jerusalem
The story of the ark
