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    The Lost Prince

    Written by Frances Hodgson Burnett

    Narrated by David Thorn

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    The wonderful adventure story of two boys, one the son of a mysterious impoverished grandee and the other the handicapped son of a n'eer-do-well drunkard. The boys together travel thru Europe on a Secret Mission and help wrest a fictitious country called "Samavia" from its wicked rulers and place the legendary and rightful heir on the throne denied the dynasty for over 500 years.

    “In every nook and cranny, high and low, they sought for him…he had vanished as a star vanishes when it drops from its place in the sky.” From the author of such children’s classics as The Secret Garden and A Little Princess comes this enchanting story of a young boy discovering his true destiny.

    Twelve-year-old Marco knows he is being trained for something, but he isn’t sure what. All his life he has traveled with his father in secrecy, learning many languages and the ways of a gentleman, but forbidden to speak about their country of origin, Samavia. Samavia has been fraught with war for the last five hundred years, ever since the prince mysteriously disappeared. But now, there is hope that peace may come at last, as it has been rumored that a descendant of the lost prince may have been found. And Marco is about to take on a secret quest that will change everything for his family and his country.

    Table of Contents
    Chapter 01: The New Lodgers At No. 7 Philibert Place
    Chapter 02: A Young Citizen Of The World
    Chapter 03: The Legend Of The Lost Prince
    Chapter 04: The Rat
    Chapter 05: "Silence Is Still The Order"
    Chapter 06: The Drill And The Secret Party
    Chapter 07: "The Lamp Is Lighted!"
    Chapter 08: An Exciting Game
    Chapter 09: "It Is Not A Game"
    Chapter 10: The Rat--And Samavia
    Chapter 11: "Come With Me"
    Chapter 12: "Only Two Boys"
    Chapter 13: Loristan Attends A Drill Of The Squad
    Chapter 14: Marco Does Not Answer
    Chapter 15: A Sound In A Dream
    Chapter 16: The Rat To The Rescue
    Chapter 17: "It Is A Very Bad Sign"
    Chapter 18: "Cities And Faces"
    Chapter 19: "That Is One!"
    Chapter 20: Marco Goes To The Opera
    Chapter 21: "Help!"
    Chapter 22: The Night Vigil
    Chapter 23: The Silver Horn
    Chapter 24: "How Shall We Find Him?"
    Chapter 25: A Voice In The Night
    Chapter 26: Across The Frontier
    Chapter 27: "It Is The Lost Prince! It Is Ivor!"
    Chapter 28: "Extra! Extra! Extra!"
    Chapter 29: 'Twixt Night And Morning
    Chapter 30: The Game Is At An End
    Chapter 31: "The Son Of Stefan Loristan"
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAlcazar Audio Works
    Release dateJan 1, 2005
    ISBN9780975566343
    Author

    Frances Hodgson Burnett

    Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924), author of The Secret Garden, also in an Aladdin Classics edition, and Little Lord Fauntleroy, enjoyed wider popularity in her own time with both adult and child readers than many other writers.

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    • 3/5
      This book is set in an unspecified time, probably some time between 1880-1900. Marco Loristan, a penniless but noble boy, is living with his father, an exiled patriot, who works tirelessly for his beloved, war-torn country of Samavia. 500 years ago, the true prince of Samavia was overthrown and forced to leave the country, and since then, two warring factions have alternately controlled and oppressed the little land. It's rumored that the descendants of the prince have waited, while a secret resistance movement gathered strength. Now is the time for the rightful heir of Samavia to retake the throne, but first, the members of the resistance scattered across Europe must be given the sign. Young Marco and his friend, a crippled boy known as The Rat, volunteer, since they can travel unnoticed and pass on the message.The rest of what I have to say contains SPOILERS, so if you're intrigued, you may want to stop reading here.I can see a few reasons why this book may not have reached as wide an audience as Burnett's more popular works. First of all, it's almost immediately obvious that Marco and his father are the missing royalty -- a big deal is made of Stefan Loristan's innate nobility, that inspires strangers to treat him like a prince even though he is living like a pauper. The Divine Right of Kings is pretty much assumed, though it's plain that Stefan and Marco will be good and benevolent rulers because of their training as well as their inborn greatness. Imaginary Samavia is not given a precise location, but it's clearly Eastern European, leaving the modern reader to suspect that Marco is unlikely to ever assume the throne, considering the fact that the Balkan Wars, WWI, and the Bolshevik Revolution are scheduled to hit that area within his lifetime.Apart from that, I thought it was a moderately enjoyable read. I had trouble sticking with it; it never fully engaged my attention. Marco and Stefan were just a little too perfect for me. The Rat was a more interesting character, but he never seemed to get to share fully in the adventure -- Marco got all of the most dangerous bits. Which brings me to my final criticism: why on earth did Stefan Loristan let Marco and The Rat go wandering around Europe on their own at age 13? For one thing, what sort of father does that, and for another, what sort of king lets his only son and heir do that, knowing that there are lots of people out there who would like to end the royal line? I guess it makes a good adventure story, but it seemed a little off to me.
    • 2/5
      Very disappointing. Not nearly as good as the writer's other books.The lead character never spots the blindingly obvious fact that his father is the Lost Prince (this isn't a spoiler as the reader works it out in the first few pages).Quite a bit of heavy-handed pseudo-Buddhist philosophy as well.
    • 4/5
      Nice. A little preachy in parts - but the preaching is not churchy, just good thoughts. I like both Marco and Rat, and their adventures are fantastic. I figured out the father's secret very early on...not sure, though, whether it was because I'd read it before (a long time before - I'd basically forgotten all the events) or just because it was obvious. Good story, good people, happy ending. An old favorite.
    • 4/5
      A quiet novel of royalty and adventure, originally published in 1915. It features a fictional eastern European country, Samavia, and follows three ex-patriots of the country (father, son, servant). The boy, Marco, is raised to blend in, to hide his Samavian roots, and to be highly observant and intelligent. He meets a street boy who becomes his friend and they play a game of preparing for the lost prince of Samavia and spreading the word for an uprising in the country before living out the game for real.It's a very pleasing children's book that will still greatly appeal to the young ones. It has undertones of Buddhism and deals with a physical disability relatively well (while there's the typical idea of overcoming the disability, it's done through the use of mobility aids rather than a cure). There was this hilarious bit talking about "well only the lost prince was born a king and these other people are so inferior because they weren't born kings." Oh, Burnett... The obsession with royalty is something most kids have at some point though.I admit I got rather wrapped up in the story and found myself booing the baddies, telling the heroes to run away, etc... Of course Marco is the lost prince, which was obvious in the beginning only then towards the middle Burnett throws you a bit of a loop so I was going "Wait, surely it's him, surely she wouldn't make it someone else..." Lovely book, certainly recommended.