"Long Live the King!" by Mary Roberts Rinehart transports the reader to the world of Prince Ferdinand William Otto, a young royal yearning for more than gilded cages and royal decrees. The story unfurls as Prince Otto, restless and yearning for excitement, crafts a clever escape from the stuffy opera house, diving headfirst into an adventure offering him the joys and wonders he craves. As he navigates the freedom beyond palace walls, encountering both thrilling escapades and the simple pleasures of life, he grapples with the weight of his future crown and the complexities of friendships and young love, illustrating the growing tension between his personal desires and his royal destiny.
Long Live the King!
By Mary Roberts Rinehart
A restless prince escapes his royal prison only to discover adventure, friendship, and the heavy burden of his impending crown.
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About the AuthorMary Roberts Rinehart was an American writer, often called the American Agatha Christie. Rinehart published her first mystery novel The Circular Staircase in 1908, which introduced the "had I but known" narrative style. Rinehart is also considered the earliest known source of the phrase "the butler did it", in her novel The Door (1930), although the exact phrase does not appear in her work and the plot device had been used prior to that time. She also worked to tell the stories and experiences of front line soldiers during World War I, one of the first women to travel to the Belgian front lines.
Mary Roberts Rinehart was an American writer, often called the American Agatha Christie. Rinehart published her first mystery novel The Circular Staircase in 1908, which introduced the "had I but known" narrative style. Rinehart is also considered the earliest known source of the phrase "the butler did it", in her novel The Door (1930), although the exact phrase does not appear in her work and the plot device had been used prior to that time. She also worked to tell the stories and experiences of front line soldiers during World War I, one of the first women to travel to the Belgian front lines.
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