The Mad King
Categories: Science Fiction & Fantasy
Barney Custer, an American, travels to the small Balkan kingdom of Lutha in The Mad King (1926) to learn about his mother's family. There he is mistaken for the kingdom's escaped king, Leopold, whom he closely resembles. He becomes caught up in palace intrigue, a plot by Prince Peter of Blentz to seize the throne, and the outbreak of World War I, while falling for Emma von der Tann.
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