| + | Nation. 85: 520. D. 5, ’07. 70w. |
“The book is worth reading.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 12: 749. N. 23, ’07. 110w. |
Barclay, Armiger. King makers. †$1.50. Small.
The kingmakers are certain financiers who, for business reasons, undertake to put a new king on the throne of Sergia, one of those misty European kingdoms at which Russia glowers and England looks askance. While this is being accomplished two pretty love stories are worked out and, the revolution safely over, an English girl is persuaded to ascend the throne with the young king, and his princess cousin is left free to marry the Irish officer she loves. But there is much fighting and intrigue and much chagrin for the kingmakers before all this is safely brought about.
“As long as invention can produce stories as good as this, we shall not greatly object to them on the score of being mere variants upon a well-worn theme.” Wm. M. Payne.
| + | Dial. 42: 379. Je. 16, ’07. 120w. | |
| N. Y. Times. 12: 378. Je. 15, ’07. 120w. |
“The author of ‘The kingmakers’ has really written a battle which is worth while.”
| + | N. Y. Times. 12: 540. S. 7, ’07. 70w. |