graustark_0810_librivox George Barr McCutcheon audio librivoxaudio audio_bookspoetry opensource_audio <a href="http://librivox.org/">LibriVox</a> recording of Graustark, By George Barr McCutcheon . The Graustark novels are stories of court intrigue, royal disguise, and romance similar to Anthony Hope's 1894 novel, The Prisoner of Zenda, and its sequels. They were popular best-sellers at the time they were published and the original editions are still readily available in used book shops. The novels gave their name to a fictional genre called Graustarkian: this genre contains tales of romance and intrigue usually featuring titled characters in small, fictional, Central European countries. During the 1870's, Graustark's ruler, Prince Ganlook, was killed in a war with neighboring Axphain. As part of the ensuing peace treaty, Graustark agreed to pay a large indemnity to Axphain, to be due, with interest, in fifteen years. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graustark ) For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit <a href="http://librivox.org/">LibriVox.org</a>. 2008-10-04 2008 graustark; mccutcheon; fiction; romance; intrigue; librivox; audio books; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/ 2008-10-04 12:43:25 info@librivox.org LibriVox Librivox recording of a public-domain text 2008-10-05 00:15:55 librivoxbooks