Uncrowned king

This novel is full of strange and exciting events, which makes it closer to the fantasies of illusion than to the facts of history. However, according to its author, it is true realism in all its chapters, not tinged with illusion and not overshadowed by imagination.
The events take place in the late nineteenth century AD, in one of the cities of France, and tell the story of Cyril Bertrand, a young painter with an attractive personality, who loved Veronique Christophe, the spoiled daughter of the richest businessman in Europe, but fate decreed that this girl should marry his brother. "Louis
Emma Orczy, an English novelist and playwright, famous for her detective works full of excitement and adventure. The turning point in her literary career was the play "The Red Rose," based on one of her short stories.