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Prince Otto, a Romance

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In a small imaginary German principality, the dreamy, book-loving Prince Otto neglects his throne while his beautiful, ambitious wife and a scheming minister maneuver for power, until a crisis forces the prince to discover his own courage and heart. Stevenson blends romance, court intrigue, and gentle irony in this stylish, fairy-tale-like novel of politics and marriage. More reflective than his adventure classics, it explores self-knowledge, love, and the burdens of rule with wit and grace. An elegant, lesser-known gem, Prince Otto shows Stevenson experimenting with the romance of an old Europe, delivering a charming tale of a ruler who must learn to be worthy of his crown.

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Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He is best known for the novels Treasure Island (1883), Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886), and Kidnapped (1886) and for the poetry collection A Child's Garden of Verses (1885).

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