Truxton King A Story of Graustark

Truxton King is a novel written by George Barr McCutcheon, set in the fictional kingdom of Graustark. The story follows the adventures of Truxton King, an American businessman who travels to Graustark to claim his inheritance. King is surprised to learn that he is the long-lost son of the late Prince Dantan, and is therefore the rightful heir to the throne of Graustark. However, there are those who would prefer to see a different ruler on the throne, and King finds himself embroiled in a political struggle for power. Along the way, he falls in love with a beautiful Graustarkian princess, and must navigate the treacherous waters of court intrigue and international diplomacy to secure his place as king. The novel is full of action, romance, and political intrigue, making it a thrilling read for fans of adventure and historical fiction.1909. The book begins: He was a tall, rawboned, rangy young fellow with a face so tanned by wind and sun you had the impression that his skin would feel like leather if you could affect the impertinence to test it by the sense of touch. Not that you would like to encourage this bit of impudence after a look into his devil-may-care eyes; but you might easily imagine something much stronger than brown wrapping paper and not quite so passive as burnt clay. His clothes fit him loosely and yet were graciously devoid of the bagginess which characterizes the appearance of extremely young men whose frames are not fully set and whose joints are still parading through the last stages of college development. This fellow, you could tell by looking at him, had been out of college from two to five years; you could also tell, beyond doubt or contradiction, that he had been in college for his full allotted time and had not escaped the usual number of conditions that dismay but do not discourage the happy-go-lucky undergraduate who makes two or three teams with comparative ease, but who has a great deal of difficulty with physics or whatever else he actually is supposed to acquire between the close of the football season and the opening of baseball practice. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.