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    The King's Mirror (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

    By Anthony Hope

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    This 1899 novel, of which Hope had a very high opinion, represented a change in his fictional dynamic, from a focus on adventure and intrigue to the no-less riveting dramas of internal conflict and development.  A young king learns the wisdom of self-discipline and restraint as he leads his country through troubled times.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBarnes & Noble
    Release dateApr 12, 2011
    ISBN9781411448032
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    The King's Mirror (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
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    Anthony Hope

    Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins was born in 1863 and, after taking a degree at Oxford University, was called to the bar in 1887. He initially combined a successful career as a barrister with writing but the immediate success of his tenth book, The Prisoner of Zenda (1894), allowed him to become a full-time writer. The novel spawned a new genre – Ruritanian romance – and has been adapted numerous times for film, television and stage. In all, Hope wrote thirty-two works of fiction and an autobiography. At the close of the First World War he was knighted for his contribution to propaganda work. Hope died in 1933.

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    • 5/5
      I have to say, I was expecting a light romp in the vein of The Prisoner of Zenda, not an examination of power & how it distorts relationships. Augustin (a very apt name) is a very well drawn character, and the way he navigates his frail bark between the Ship of State and the rocks of Friendship is heartbreakingly effective. It's clear how having to be the ceremonial king from a very young age without any actual power affected him.

      And the book ends with his marriage to a girl he was affianced to for reasons of state when they were both very young. She never really comes around to liking the reality and not the idea of marriage in general and to him in particular, but she wants to be queen; he is afraid of hurting her, and hurt that she's afraid of him. When I say that the book ends with his marriage, I mean with his formal wedding: we don't see either of them react to the fact of being married. It's very bleak: the conclusion seems to be that a king can never have a real and genuine relationship, and I think you can reasonably ask if anyone can. There are no happy marriages in this book.

      It's very good! Just a little heavier than I was expecting from the author and the premise.