Prince Otto: A Romance

. . . a remarkably interesting work and a splendid example of what Stevenson could do even when writing at his ordinary best rather than his very best.- Graham Tulloch Professor Faculty of Education Humanities Law and Theology Flinders UniversityPrince Otto: A Romance (1883) by Robert Louis Stevenson recounts the story of young dilettante who is faced with overcoming a sequence of challenges-to his kingdom to his wife and to his own life-in order to determine what is important to him. At the end he learns the value of growing up. This book is packed with romance drama and beautifully drawn characters. Eight years in the writing this is the authors only work of romantic fiction and considered a masterful work.