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The fiction of George Barr McCutcheon (1866-1928) proved so popular in his day that he, along with Anthony Hope, the author of The Prisoner of Zenda, invented a whole new genre, now called the "Graustarkian novel," a charming product of a more innocent time when the Balkans could be the scene of adventurous romances set in imaginary countries. McCutcheon's Graustark no doubt borders Hope's Ruritania and Avram Davidson's more recent Scythia-Pannonia-Transbalkania. It was a place where an show more American adventurer could find himself or herself adrift, but rapidly caught up in intrigues, captures and escapes, and the perilously-hinged destiny of (at the very least) a royal throne or two. The Prince of Graustark (1914) is the one entrty in this best-selling series, which also includes Graustark, Truxton King, and Beverly of Graustark. show lessTags
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“The Prince of Graustark” proved to be a mixture of rambling third-person narrative that could in the most part be skimmed, coupled with some entertaining scenes and dialogue exchanges between the two main characters.
One big difference between this and the three previous novels in the series is that no events take place in Graustark until we reach the end of the book.
Speaking of the end – and I won’t reveal any spoilers here – the author hits the reader with a brilliant twist in the tale. The closing chapter or two were plodding along in such a boring manner when suddenly the predictable ending is turned on its head.
Pity more brilliance like this didn’t occur throughout what I can only describe as an above-average book.
One big difference between this and the three previous novels in the series is that no events take place in Graustark until we reach the end of the book.
Speaking of the end – and I won’t reveal any spoilers here – the author hits the reader with a brilliant twist in the tale. The closing chapter or two were plodding along in such a boring manner when suddenly the predictable ending is turned on its head.
Pity more brilliance like this didn’t occur throughout what I can only describe as an above-average book.
A romance instead of an adventure story. Still, I enjoyed it as much as any of the other Graustark novels.
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