The fiction of George Barr McCutcheon 18661928 proved so popular in his daythat he along with Anthony Hope the author of The Prisoner of Zendainvented a whole n... » 

The fiction of George Barr McCutcheon 18661928 proved so popular in his daythat he along with Anthony Hope the author of The Prisoner of Zendainvented a whole new genre now called the Graustarkian novel a charmingproduct of a more innocent time when the Balkans could be the scene ofadventurous romances set in imaginary countries. McCutcheons Graustark nodoubt borders Hopes Ruritania and Avram Davidsons more recent ScythiaPannoniaTransbalkania. It was a place where an American adventurer could findhimself or herself adrift but rapidly caught up in intrigues captures andescapes and the perilouslyhinged destiny of at the very least a royalthrone or two. Beverly of is the one entrty in this bestselling serieswhich also includes Graustark The Prince of Graustark andGraustarkTruxton King. «