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An English teacher touring France discovers his doppelganger in a French count. In a play on twain's "The Prince and the Pauper" the count arranges that they exchange places: a rather one-sided decision. Royalty, it seems, has made a mess of everything and wants out; teacher, dissatisfied with his life resigns himself to play along. So, all is well in Mudville until royalty finds it convenient to reassume his life. Du Maurier has created a real sociological masterpiece which no aficionado should ignore.
