Our ancient hero Phra has a severe case of Rip van Winkle Syndrome and sleep-hops his way through history, while occasionally being stalked by one of his dead wives.
This was very surprisingly good but only if you like purple prose. If your a fan of the 'full stop' for example you might be sorry to see him so infrequently, as most sentences seem to be about half a page long :) .
As with Arnold's protagonist from 'Gulliver of Mars', our hero this time is kind of an idiot, not to mention a bit of an ass (think 'Bruce Campbell' in the 'Evil Dead' films :P). However while that added to the frustration of reading Gulliver it adds to the comedy of this.
If you can get past the florid style this is a great romance/adventure romp through the ages.
A final warning however, as with all of this authors works it will leave you with many an unanswered question. ( )

Good adventure novel which may have influenced Burroughs' Mars novels ( )