King's Rhapsody - Book Club Ed. Author:Hester Chapman (based on play by Ivor Novello This is a tale of humility and prejudice against a background of political intrigue, gypsy warnings, Austrian hunting lodges, court balls, worldly chaperones, and masquerades. It is the story of Christiane, a beautiful princess from the Norseland, who at the age of 11 saw the King of Murania, Nikki, in a cafe with his elegant mistress (for whom ... more »he had given up his throne), and fell in love with him. When she is 18, her father announces that she will make a marriage of convenience with an unwilling Nikki, who has been recalled to his throne.« less