# Prince Vespaluus — Short Fiction character guide

> Prince Vespaluus in Short Fiction by Saki.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Vespaluus, the young Vespaluus, Prince

**First appearance:** 0023-a-young-turkish-catastrophe

## Who they are

A young prince whose education is a matter of state.

## In the story

### [The Story of St. Vespaluus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_49_se/chapters/the-story-of-st-vespaluus)

The sixteen-year-old nephew of King Hkrikros, who feigns conversion to Christianity to provoke his uncle, survives a bee execution, and later becomes king while maintaining pagan worship in private.

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