Graustarkia: a Novel of Adventure

Graustarkia is a revival of the sub-species of literature that flourished at the end of the nineteenth century and is variously known as the Ruritanian or Graustarkian romance. A plot is afoot in the tiny Central European principality of Graustark - a plot which, in this year of 1898, will destroy Graustark's independence and deliver the land and its people into the hands of the Prussians. Only the young Englishman, Hugh Summerhayes, his friend Micah Blake, and the exasperating American cowgirl, Connie Rivers, can save Graustarkia and its prince from disaster. A rousing yarn in the tradition of Robert Louis Stevenson and Anthony Hope, Graustarkia has all the elements of the classic Ruritanian romance - a throne in peril, a beautiful princess, castles, escapes, intrigue and flashing blades - and will be sure to please the legions of readers who remember The Prisoner of Zenda with fondness and delight.