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Bezig met laden... A Prize for Princes (1994)door Rex Stout
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 Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek.   laplantelibrary | Apr 9, 2022 |   ) MrsLee | Apr 2, 2007 | I have seen it describes as a Potboiler; which might have been apt had it even the meanest shred of merit. But it doesn't. It is simply dreadful. Characters are (barely) two-dimensional, the plotting absurd, and the language pedestrian. As a devotee of Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe novels, I was drawn to A Prize for Princes by a promise in the Foreword to "broach three subjects associated with Nero Wolfe: the country where he spent his youth, how his marriage ended, and his feelings in general toward women." Maybe, but at a very heavy price! If this is the only Rex Stout novel you have read you are unlikely to have gone onto his Nero Wolfe books .... which would sad. Because at their worst, they are a delightful. (  ) cogitno | Aug 29, 2006 | geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Aline Solini--a beautiful Russian adventuress who has abandoned her Russian husband and is now in search of greater conquests in Europe--arrives in Marisi, in the decadent days on the eve of World War I. She has been rescued by Richard Stetton, the wealthy playboy son of an American millionaire, who is on a trip to Europe to discover himself. Instead, the somewhat dim-witted Stetton falls into Aline's clutches, and she uses him and his money to win her way into fashionable society. Once she is accepted by the elite, her schemes move her closer and closer to the throne. "A Prize for Princes" is a charming period piece, with a languid evocation of a long-lost Europe that will captivate fans of Stout's later works, as well as readers of historical novels. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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