The day after my arrival, I wandered through the ankle-high maze of the palace remains in search of the great central megaron, or throne room, where the wanax presided.
As the palace collapsed, and as Xizor died high in orbit under the guns of Vader's Super Star Destroyer, Guri escaped in a parawing glider and reclaimed her vessel.
The sightseers who come by bus -- and often take in Warwick Castle and Blenheim Palace on the side -- don't usually see the plays, and some of them are even surprised to find a theatre in Stratford.
The word " caravanserai" is a combination of the Persian words " karvan" , which means a group of travellers or a caravan, and " saray" , a palace or enclosed building.
On this head she knew by prevision what most women learn only by experience—she had mentally walked round love, told the towers thereof, considered its palaces, and concluded that love was but a doleful joy.
Every year the Emperor would leave his palace in the forbidden city and go and negotiate with the gods for a prosperous and auspicious New Year for the people.
I learnt much later that the Queen was horrified by the way I'd extinguished the fire, even though Flimnap explained to her that if it hadn't been for me, the palace would have burnt down.
The idea that really a violation of xenia, a violation of Zeus's law, which is what the suit is doing in the palace, that that really, it's that break of Zeus's law that is causing this difficulty, this damage.
It quickly became a prestigious form of entertainment for the ruling classes, who would put on shows at palaces to demonstrate their wealth, sophistication and power.