By Lloyd Alexander
Theo is touring Westmark, studying in regards to the nation of which he'll quickly be Prince Consort. he's not shocked to discover nice poverty-Mickle (now often called Princess Augusta) can have instructed him that from her years in the street. His pal Florian can have informed him in regards to the aristocracy's graft and corruption. yet neither may have foreseen a loaded pistol within the practiced hand of the murderer Skeit. The echoes of that shot ring from the muskets and cannons of a Westmark abruptly at war-a conflict that turns uncomplicated, sincere males into cold-blooded killers, Mickle right into a army commander, and Theo himself right into a stranger. . . . "The plot is impressive, the characterizations are very good, and the problems are compelling."(Children's Literature)
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The Westmark Phoenix, the press you built for us in Freyborg. Zara turned out to be quite clever with it. She set up the type. " "So you finally learned to run the press? " Stock drew out a small volume and pressed it into Theo's hands. "Here, I signed this one for you. No need to read the whole thing right away. " Theo glanced at the first few pages. " "Not fine! Superb! This one--- let me show you. And this---" From what Theo gathered, while Stock riffled through the slender book, it was a collection of love poems.
To his great relief, she finally agreed. Musket produced a dented bugle from the count's paraphernalia and blared out the signal to retreat. Colonel Witz had managed to collect a creased and dog-eared map. Mickle pored over it while the coach led the way back toward Carlsbruch. If they could reach there in time, Witz ventured, they stood some chance of holding it; perhaps long enough for some of the nearby garrisons to join them. " Mickle asked. "The one we crossed this morning, What if we tear it down?
There's another matter I've wanted to take up with you," he added, smiling. "You're not as much a monarchist as you had me believe. " Theo reddened. "You had no right---" "True. " Florian grinned at him. " "It's not the queen of Westmark I'm going to marry," said Theo, "it's Mickle. And--- yes, I think the whole idea of aristocracy is wrong. The injustice of it would be bad enough, but it simply doesn't work. "When I was a printer's devil, I read an old book by a man called Johannes Jacobus. He said it was only common sense for the nobility, the townsfolk, and the peasantry to join in one grand council where everyone had a voice.