Prince and Heretic
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Who it's for
A good fit for
- English-language readers who enjoy European historical fiction
- Those interested in the conflict between royal power and faith during the Reformation
- Enthusiasts studying early twentieth-century popular historical fiction
- Readers hoping to expand their reading of English originals through public-domain ebooks
Not a good fit for
- Readers with limited English who need a Chinese translation
- Readers who prefer fast-paced modern suspense or science fiction
- Those unfamiliar with religious and political history who are unwilling to look things up
Reading tips
- Before reading, learn the basic historical outline of the Reformation to better understand characters' motives.
- Compare the author's life and era with the work to observe the period marks on her view of history and narrative technique.
- Take notes on unfamiliar historical names and places, and review the character relationships after finishing.
- If English reading is difficult, read chapter summaries first, then the original, to lower the barrier.
About the publisher
Project Gutenberg is a digital publishing project focused on public-domain ebooks. Its publishing direction centers on classic literary works whose copyright has expired, covering genres such as poetry, drama, fiction, and epic. Representative books include Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth and Coleridge, Proust's Du côté de chez Swann, Shakespeare's Macbeth and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Homer's The Iliad, Dante's La Divina Comèdia: Purgatòri, Cervantes's The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, and Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. Its author resources consist mainly of classic Western writers such as Wordsworth, Proust, Shakespeare, Homer, Dante, Cervantes, Grahame, and Tolstoy. Its publishing feature is the provision of freely accessible ebooks in EPUB and Kindle formats; it is not a traditional publisher, and publicly available information is limited.
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About the author
Marjorie Bowen (1888–1952) was a British writer best known for her historical novels; her real name was Gabrielle Margaret Vere Long, and Bowen was her usual pen name. Her works are mostly set against European history, and she excelled at intertwining real political struggles and court intrigues with individual destinies, with tightly paced plots and a strong atmosphere. Ten of her works are included in the collection, among them The Viper of Milan, The Master of Stair, God and the King, The Governor of England, and Prince and Heretic; these titles alone show her preference for themes such as shifts of power, religious conflict, and the fate of the nobility. Public information about the details of her life is limited. Her works were popular with readers in the early twentieth century and have had some influence on later popular historical fiction.
