A King’s Wife.
By Hélène Vacaresco.
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This is a novel which will assuredly create a great sensation. The brilliant authoress was barely 18 when the Academy crowned her first volume of poems, “Chants d’Aurore.”
The close friendship between the Queen of Roumania, Carmen Sylva, and Hélène Vacaresco is well known, and also the romance of the projected marriage between the young poet and the royal prince of Roumania; this project was abandoned for State reasons, but it created an idyllic and legendary atmosphere round the authoress.
Her book, while pure fiction, may be said to mirror the mode of living and sentiments of certain royal personages, and probably no more intimate picture of Court Life from the inside has ever been published. It is a story full of passion and interest.
The Salving of a Derelict.
By Maurice Drake.
The Daily Mail offered a prize of £100 for the best novel, and over 600 competitors sent in manuscripts. The prize was awarded to this thrilling and romantic adventure story.
Lucy of the Stars.