The Proud Princess

by Barbara Cartland

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Having survived the 1871 siege of Paris with her mother the Queen of Dabrozka, Princess Ilona is summoned back to the war-ravaged kingdom of her father, a tyrannical monarch whose unjust rule has divided the nation into two factions: her own Rad k people and the S ros. Worse still, Russia threatens to march on Dabrozka to impose their iron-clad style of order. Only Ilona can save her country from this fate - by making a terrible sacrifice. At the Prime Minister's request, she must marry the Prince of S ros, their union bringing together the people. This she will do; this she must do - but what her pride will not allow her is to love the aloof, indifferent Prince. Humiliated by the Prince's evident disregard, and beaten by her own father on the eve of her wedding, it seems that love will never fill her heart - but as warclouds gather over Dabrozka, both the Prince and the Proud Princes are about to share a dramatic change of heart… (more)

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Ilona knew what it meant to be alone. Knew how it felt to be hungry, mistreated, defenseless.

But now Ilona was going home. All the hardships of exile were behind her. She was going back to Dabrozka, the tiny kingdom whose throne would someday be hers. She was returning triumphant--the beloved Princess of a proud and independent people who needed her desperately.

Ilona was Dabrozka's last hope for salvation. She alone could save her subjects from donimation if she married a man who despised her. A man with whom Ilona was already falling wildly in love.

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The Mysterious Maid-Servant | The Proud Princess | A Very Naughty Angel by Barbara Cartland

The Best of Barbara Cartland: The Proud Princess | The Magnificent Marriage | The Bored Bridegroom | Kiss the Moonlight | The Devil in Love by Barbara Cartland

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1976-07

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Princess Ilona of Dabrozka

Prince Aladar Saros

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Dabrozka

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Having survived the 1871 siege of Paris with her mother the Queen of Dabrozka, Princess Ilona is summoned back to the war-ravaged kingdom of her father, a tyrannical monarch whose unjust rule has divided the nation into two factions: her own Rad k people and the S ros. Worse still, Russia threatens to march on Dabrozka to impose their iron-clad style of order. Only Ilona can save her country from this fate - by making a terrible sacrifice. At the Prime Minister's request, she must marry the Prince of S ros, their union bringing together the people. This she will do; this she must do - but what her pride will not allow her is to love the aloof, indifferent Prince. Humiliated by the Prince's evident disregard, and beaten by her own father on the eve of her wedding, it seems that love will never fill her heart - but as warclouds gather over Dabrozka, both the Prince and the Proud Princes are about to share a dramatic change of heart

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Ilona knew what it meant to be alone. Knew how it felt to be hungry, mistreated, defenseless.

But now Ilona was going home. All the hardships of exile were behind her. She was going back to Dabrozka, the tiny kingdom whose throne would someday be hers. She was returning triumphant -- the beloved Princess of a proud and independent people who needed her desperately.

Ilona was Dabrozka's last hope for salvation. She alone could save her subjects from domination if she married a man who despised her, the Prince Aladar Saros. The sworn enemy of her father, and the man with whom Ilona was already falling wildly in love.

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