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Immerse yourself in the enchanting world of the Graustark novels, where plots of courtly intrigue, clandestine romances, and royal disguises unfold. Comparable to Anthony Hopes acclaimed 1894 novel, The Prisoner of Zenda, these best-sellers from the past still command a captivating presence in used book shops. Theyve even inspired a unique genre known as Graustarkian, characterized by tales of love and intrigue set in fictional Central European countries. The tale begins with the tragic death of Graustarks ruler, Prince Ganlook, in a war with Axphain, leading to an onerous peace treaty. ...

A young man receives a great windfall but is prevented from fully exploiting his good fortune until he has met certain exacting preliminary conditions. In this case, Montgomery Brewster, an eligible but impecunious young bachelor, receives a bequest of $1,000,000 from a relative. Shortly afterward he is notified that he has been nominated as the beneficiary of another and much larger bequest, but under a strict qualification: He must dispose of the initial bequest in total within a year.

Would you be able to spend a million dollars in cash and leave yourself penniless if it meant you would then be given many more millions? That’s poor Monty Brewster’s dilemma in this charming tale.