Every Friday, Marilyn Knapp Litt, who blogs at ClassicKindle.com, brings us her recommendation of a free classic book to discover (or rediscover) on Kindle. Find more of Marilyn’s recommendations at her blog, ClassicKindle.com, a guide to the best free and inexpensive classic literature for the Kindle. You can also get Marilyn’s blog on Kindle and I recommend that you “Like” the Classic Kindle Facebook page as well so you don’t miss anything. Here’s Marilyn’s post:

“The knowledge that you’re alive gives me no pleasure,” growled the grim old Austrian premier. “Thank you!” laughed John Armitage, to whom he had spoken.
“You have lost none of your old amiability; but for a renowned diplomat, you are remarkably frank. When I called on you in Paris, a year ago, I was able to render you–I believe you admitted it–a slight service.”

I like this Amazon reader review . . .

The Austrian Archduke Karl is dead. His eldest son and heir, Frederick Augustus, is also presumed dead. Or is he? A mysterious young man becomes involved with a dangerous cat and mouse game with powers behind the Austrian throne. Who is John Armitage? Is he the long-lost Frederick Augustus, or is he a notorious con man? Can American heiress Shirley Clairborne trust him? Will he break her heart, or worse, get her killed!

I doubt this novel has a lot of readers, but one reader reviewer says “I reread this book on a regular basis.”

The girl with the white-plumed hat started and flushed slightly, and her brother glanced over his shoulder toward the restaurant door to see what had attracted her attention. ”

‘Tis he, the unknown, Dick.” “I must say I like his persistence!” exclaimed the young fellow, turning again to the table. “In America I should call him out and punch his head, but over here–”

“Over here you have better manners,” replied the girl, laughing.

“But why trouble yourself? He doesn’t even look at us. We are of no importance to him whatever. We probably speak a different language.” “But he travels by the same trains; he stops at the same inns; he sits near us at the theater–he even affects the same pictures in the same galleries!

Ah, a mystery, a romance and a missing heir! Great fun for a summer read.

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