Graustark
Author(s): George Barr Mccutcheon
Genre(s): Detective Fiction, Romance, Short Stories
Narrators: Maire Rhode, Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014), Christine Blachford, Cori Samuel, Annise
Number of Chapters: 28
Length: 10 hours and 29 minutes
Language: English
The Graustark novels are stories of court intrigue, royal disguise, and romance similar to Anthony Hope's 1894 novel, The Prisoner of Zenda, and its sequels. They were popular best-sellers at the time they were published and the original editions are still readily available in used book shops. The novels gave their name to a fictional genre called Graustarkian: this genre contains tales of romance and intrigue usually featuring titled characters in small, fictional, Central European countries.
During the 1870's, Graustark's ruler, Prince Ganlook, was killed in a war with neighboring Axphain. As part of the ensuing peace treaty, Graustark agreed to pay a large indemnity to Axphain, to be due, with interest, in fifteen years. (Summary from Wikipedia)