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    The The Prince of Mirrors

    By Alan Robert Clark

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    Two young men with expectations. One predicted to succeed, the other to fail... Prince Albert Victor, heir presumptive to the British throne, is seen as disastrously inadequate to be king. The grandson of Queen Victoria, he is good-hearted but intensely shy and, some whisper, even slow-witted.By contrast, Jem Stephen is a renowned intellectual, a poet and a golden boy worshipped by all. But a looming curse of mental instability is threatening to take it all away. Appointed as the prince' s personal tutor, Jem works to prepare him for the duty to come. A friendship grows between them one that will allow them to understand and finally accept who they really are and change both of their lives forever.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFairlight Books
    Release dateApr 1, 2021
    ISBN9781912054138
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    Alan Robert Clark

    Alan Robert Clark was born and educated in Scotland. He briefly attended King's College London, before opting instead for a career as a copywriter and creative director with a number of leading advertising agencies. He has also worked as a freelance journalist, and has ghost-written and co-authored a number of biographies. He is the author of three previous novels, Rory's Boys (2011), The Prince of Mirrors (2018) and Valhalla (2020). The Prince of Mirrors was included on the Walter Scott Prize 'Academy Recommends' list in 2019.

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      When I opened this book and discovered it to be a novel about the Duke of Clarence and Avondale rather than the biography I had anticipated, I was not happy; and when I found it to be written in the present tense, a fashion I strongly dislike, I felt even worse. But I have a strong interest in the period so resolved to try it anyway; and I was pleasantly surprised, because THIS IS A VERY GOOD BOOK. It isn't perfect; some of Clark's writing is a bit too florid, with an excess of adjectives. But the main thing is that it enters very convincingly into Prince Eddy's mind; and not only his but also those of members of his family, and his friends. It tells his story from early childhood until his premature death, and really gets across how difficult it was for him to survive in a milieu so different from that which suited him. The theme of sexuality is sensitively and openly handled; and all the characters are treated sympathetically even if their flaws are on display. Achieving a credible new slant on royal characters is not easy, but Clark succeeds. I now intend to read 'Valhalla', Clark's book centred on Mary of Teck, who is an important character at the end of Eddy's life.