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The puppet crown. by. MacGrath, Harold, 1871-1932. Publication date. 1903. Publisher. Toronto : McLeod & Allen. Collection. thomasfishercanadiana; thomasfisher; toronto.
He is a puppet in the hands of a confederation of great powers who permit him to rule because he is an idealist and a dreamer, and, they know, will finally allow the kingdom to fall into their hands as a protectorate. 324 pages, Paperback. First published January 1, 1901. Book details & editions.
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May 1, 2002 · May 1, 2002. Most Recently Updated. Jan 27, 2021. Copyright Status. Public domain in the USA. Downloads. 81 downloads in the last 30 days. Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free! Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.
Jan 6, 2014 · According to the New York Times, his next book, The Puppet Crown, was the No.7 bestselling book in the United States for all of 1901. From that point on, MacGrath wrote novels for the mass market about love, adventure, mystery, spies, and the like at an average rate of more than one a year.
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This etext was produced by Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. THE PUPPET CROWN by Harold MacGrath TO THE MEMORY OF THAT GOOD FRIEND AND COMRADE OF MY YOUTH MY FATHER CONTENTS I. THE SCEPTER WHICH WAS A STICK II. THE COUP D'ETAT OF COUSIN JOSEF III. AN EPISODE TEN YEARS AFTER IV.
Feb 18, 2011 · The whole plot turns on the misery of a King who has sold his birthright for a crown that is only a symbol of his own impotency. He is a puppet in the hands of a confederation of great powers who permit him to rule because he is an idealist and a dreamer, and, they know, will finally allow the kingdom to fall into their hands as a protectorate.
The king sat in his private garden in the shade of a potted orange tree, the leaves of which were splashed with brilliant yellow. It was high noon of one of those last warm sighs of passing summer which now and then lovingly steal in between the chill breaths of September.
