THE LOST PRINCE

by Frances Hodgson Burnett ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 16, 1967

At first meeting, Marco Loristan and his father are so superbly regal in their dreary, dismal quarters that you know that fate has something grander in store for them; as soon as you hear the legend of Ivor, the Lost Prince of Samavia, you know just what it is, and the author's carefully contrived hints fall on already closed ears. Sufficiently sentimental but not merry enough to pass as operetta, this stumbles in class consciousness and comes to a standstill in long passages of mystique--the Big Thought(s) of a Buddhist oracle--as Marco and his recruit from the London gutter, The Rat, carry across Europe the signal for the uprising that will restore Samavia to its rightful ruler. If the journey from Philibert Pace poverty to palatial splendor weren't so tedious and turgid, you might overlook the pretentiousness; but it is, and you can't. Mrs. Burnett is better remembered for The Secret Garden and A Little Princess where her faults can be forgiven.

Pub Date: Oct. 16, 1967

ISBN: 1169305849

Page Count: -

Publisher: Lippincott

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Oct. 1, 1967

Categories: FICTION