The King's Mirror

The King's Mirror

The King's Mirror[Pg 1]Before my coronation there was no event in childhood that impressed itself on my...
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Author: Hope, Anthony,1863-1933
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The King's Mirror

The King's Mirror

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The King's Mirror

$19.99 $9.99
Author: Hope, Anthony,1863-1933
Format: eBook
Language: English

The King's Mirror

[Pg 1]Before my coronation there was no event in childhood that impressed itself on my memory with marked or singular distinction. My father's death, the result of a chill contracted during a hunting excursion, meant no more to me than a week of rooms gloomy and games forbidden; the decease of King Augustin, my uncle, appeared at the first instant of even less importance. I recollect the news coming. The King, having been always in frail health, had never married; seeing clearly but not far, he was a sad man: the fate that struck down his brother increased his natural melancholy; he became almost a recluse, withdrew himself from the capital to a retired residence, and henceforward was little more than a name in which Prince von Hammerfeldt conducted the business of the country. Now and then my mother visited him; once she brought back to me a letter from him, little of which I understood then, although I have since read often the touching words of his message. When he died, there was the same gloom as when my father left us; but it seemed to me that I was treated a little[Pg 2] differently; the servants stared at me, my mother would look long at me with a half-admiring, half-amused expression, and Victoria let me have all her toys. In Baroness von Krakenstein (or Krak, as we called her) alone, there was no difference; yet the explanation came from her, for when that evening I reached out my little hand and snatched a bit of cake from the dish, Krak caught my wrist, saying gravely, ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 24034
Author: Hope, Anthony
Release Date: Dec 26, 2007
Format: eBook
Language: English

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