A Dash for a Throne (Annotated)

Arthur W. Marchmont's A Dash for a Throne is a brisk late-Victorian romance of political adventure, built around dynastic peril, secret loyalties, and the hazardous attempt to secure a contested crown. Written in a lucid, energetic prose, the novel belongs to the Ruritanian tradition popularized in the 1890s, where invented courts and European intrigues allowed writers to explore honor, legitimacy...