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The Lost Prince

ISBN: 9780525952947 | 0525952942

Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Dutton Adult
Pub. Date: 8/16/2012

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Summary Author Biography

The author of the beloved New York Times bestselling novel The Little Book returns with a sequel about a love that is capable of bridging unfathomable distances. Recently returned from the experience of a lifetime in fin de si�cle Vienna, where she met and tragically lost the first great love of her life, Eleanor Burden has no choice but to settle into her expected place in society, marry the man she is supposed to marry, and wait for life to come to her. As the twentieth century approaches, hers is a story not unlike that of the other young wo... MOREmen she grew up with in 1890s Boston-a privileged upbringing punctuated by a period of youthful adventure and followed by the inevitable acknowledgment of real life-except for one small difference: Eleanor possesses an unshakable belief that she has advance knowledge of every major historical event to come during her lifetime. But soon the script of events she has written in her mind-a script described by no less than Sigmund Freud as the invented delusions of a hysteric-begins to unravel. Eleanor Burden, at once fragile and powerful, must find the courage of her deepest convictions, discover the difference between predetermination and free will, secure her belief in her own sanity, and decide whether she will allow history to unfold come what may-or use her extraordinary gifts to bend history to her will and deliver for her the life she knows she is meant to have.

The Little Book, Edwardss 2008 debut, took 1980s rock star Wheeler Burden back to 1897 Vienna. In this sequel, Eleanor Burden has returned to New England from her own unsettling experience in fin de siecle Vienna and wrestles with premonitions of the 20th centurys horrors, never mind that Freud himself called her delusional. Some critics had doubts about The Little Book, but many readers were enthusiastic.

From the author of the beloved New York Times bestselling novel The Little Book, comes a novel about a love that is capable of bridging unfathomable distances.

Recently returned from the experience of a lifetime in fin de si�cle Vienna, where she met and tragically lost the first great love of her life, Eleanor Burden has no choice but to settle into her expected place in society, marry the man she is supposed to marry, and wait for life to come to her. As the twentieth century approaches, hers is a story not unlike that of the other young women she grew up with in 1890s Boston�a privileged upbringing punctuated by a period of youthful adventure and followed by the inevitable acknowledgment of real life�except for one small difference: Eleanor possesses an unshakable belief that she has advance knowledge of every major historical event to come during her lifetime.

But soon the script of events she has written in her mind�a script described by no less than Sigmund Freud as the invented delusions of a hysteric�begins to unravel. Eleanor Burden, at once fragile and powerful, must find the courage of her deepest convictions, discover the difference between predetermination and free will, secure her belief in her own sanity, and decide whether she will allow history to unfold come what may�or use her extraordinary gifts to bend history to her will and deliver for her the life she knows she is meant to have.

Selden Edwards began writing The Little Book as a young English teacher in 1974, and continued to layer and refine the manuscript until its completion in 2007. It is his first novel. He spent his career as headmaster at several independent schools across the country, and for over forty years has been secretary of his class at Princeton, where he also played basketball. He lives in Santa Barbara, California.

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