The Prince Commands

Title attributed to Andre Norton

--Being Sundry Adventures of Michael Karl, Sometime Crown Prince & Pretender to the Thrown of Morvania--

Bibliography ~

¯ (1934) * Published by Appleton–Century, HC, LCCN 34003730, $2.00, 268pg ~ illustrated by Kate Seredy

¯ (1983) * Published by TOR, PB, 0-523-48058-X, $2.95, 255pg ~ cover by Tom Kidd

Non English Editions ~

¯ (19??) Published in Copenhagen, Denmark; by Gyldendal, OCLC: 60953554, 88pg

NOTE: on some discussion boards it has become obvious that the Blue boards edition of this title is rarer than the Red boards. The question has come up weather or not the Blue boards is actually a 1st edition. ~ see the copyright page and 1st edition mark here.

Synopsis ~

Michael Karl's dreams for the future do *not* include becoming the monarch of an obscure Ruritanian kingdom but he soon discovers he has no say in the matter. He, the result of a misalliance between a Morvanian Prince and an American girl, is now the sole heir to the throne. However not all of his future subjects are welcoming. On his way to his capital Michael Karl is captured and threatened by a rebel leader known as the Werewolf, apparently because he is one! Escaping Michael lands on the doorstep of an American Journalist in the guise of a distressed fellow citizen resolutely concealing his royal identity. All Michael wants is to go home to America but even incognito he can't help but get caught up in the political turmoil of his ancestral land and begins to wonder if maybe the Werewolf doesn't have a point after all.

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