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The Lost Prince

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From the author of the beloved New York Times bestselling novel The Little Book, comes a novel about a love that is capable of bridging unfathomable distances.

Recently returned from the experience of a lifetime in fin de siècle Vienna, where she met and tragically lost the first great love of her life, Eleanor Burden has no choice but to settle into her expected place in...more

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Published August 16th 2012 by Dutton Adult (first published 2012)

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May 07, 2013 Lisa Houlihan added it

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I was excited to learn Edwards had a new book out because I loved Little Book so very very much, but I waxed doubtful as soon as I realized that it continues the story of, or at least is connected to, the earlier book. I am skeptical about sequels. Not so much with children's books, because I sympathize with kids' need for reassurance with the familiar, but with YA books that milk characters past credibility and especially with adult books because grown-ups should have less tolerance for milking...more

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Mar 14, 2013 Rachel Crooks rated it 2 of 5 stars

I had a hard time connecting with this story, or the characters (especially Eleanor). She knows her own future because it is all written down in a notebook from someone in the future, including who she marries, what she invests in, whom she befriends, etc. What bothered me most, is that her actions seem motivated only by the fact that they are supposedly in her future. (Ex: "Oh, it says here on page 6 that I have an affair with _____ and then have a child. Better get to work orchestrating this a...more

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Sep 06, 2012 Lynn rated it 3 of 5 stars

So now I have to go read The Little Book. It would have been nice if the flyleaf had mentioned that this was the second part of an on-going story so I could have read them in order. Instead I spent a good portion of this book feeling more confused than I needed to be. Having said that though, I truly did enjoy this book. It reminded me of the old authors like Dickens but easier to access. The premise: a young woman, Eleanor returns from Vienna in the late 1800s in possession of a broken heart, a...more

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Aug 01, 2012 Viviane Crystal rated it 5 of 5 stars

Eleanor Burden returns from Vienna in 1898 with three priceless treasures, “a manuscript, an exquisite piece of jewelry, and a hand-written journal. Each would change her life, she knew, and each would play a part in determining her destiny.” The latter part of this quote is surely an understatement, to say the least, for thousands and thousands of people will be affected by this woman who has been granted some invaluable factual information.

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Jun 11, 2012 Jenny rated it 3 of 5 stars

Recommended to Jenny by: Jess Horvath

Shelves: 2012-challenge

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I was overjoyed to receive an Advanced Reading Copy of this, as I so loved his first book (The Little Book), and I wish I could gush about it now that I've read it, but it didn't quite live up to my (admittedly high) expectations. The Lost Prince is a companion to The Little Book; whereas that was the story of Wheeler Burden in fin de siecle Vienna, this is the story of Eleanor Burden after her return from Vienna, up through the end of World War I.

The Little Book was a compelling tale, and it p...more I was overjoyed to receive an Advanced Reading Copy of this, as I so loved his first book (The Little Book), and I wish I could gush about it now that I've read it, but it didn't quite live up to my (admittedly high) expectations. The Lost Prince is a companion to The Little Book; whereas that was the story of Wheeler Burden in fin de siecle Vienna, this is the story of Eleanor Burden after her return from Vienna, up through the end of World War I.

The Little Book was a compelling tale, and it provides the background necessary to make sense of The Lost Prince. I honestly do not know how this will read for people who haven't read The Little Book; it may prove confusing or disjointed, or it may simply lack the intended significance and resonance without the backstory to which the author so frequently alludes.

The premise of this continuation of the story held so much promise, but I don't feel that it delivered with the same impact as its predecessor. Eleanor is admirable - certainly all the other characters admire her - but I did not have the same emotional connection to her as I did to Wheeler. Her interactions with her family (her husband Frank, described repeatedly as the "conservative Boston banker," her daughters Susan and Jane, and her young son Standish) seem wooden and mechanical, perhaps because dialogue is not one of Edwards' great gifts. Rather, much seems to be expressed and understood wordlessly, through body language and people looking deeply into each others' eyes. At some point all this wordless communication begins to seem improbable.

Repetition, both of description and of dialogue, is also an issue. I began to get impatient during long conversations between Eleanor and whomever she was speaking with (Arnauld, Will Honeycutt, William James, Herr Jodl, Carl Jung), as both characters seemed to be repeating the same ideas in slightly different words.

The central emotional component to the story is, or should be, I think, Eleanor wrestling with the ideas of fate, destiny, free will, and predestination. (Will sums it up neatly late in the book, when she finally tells him the whole story: one must act to bring about one's destiny, he says.) She has returned from Vienna with Wheeler's journal, which contains many details of future events, which she must act to bring about; this creates both certainty (this must happen because it does happen) and uncertainty (am I taking the right action to bring this about?).

However, this component seemed to be a little lacking, nor were the conversations with historical figures such as James and Jung sufficient to compensate for Eleanor's thin character. The plot did not have enough momentum, and events that were supposed to be revelatory fell flat. Overall, I very much wanted to like this book, but I feel that it fell short of its promise. Still, readers who loved The Little Book may be interested in reading more of the story; likewise, it is also an interesting window onto early 1900s history and the growth of psychology as a field.
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Aug 22, 2012 Vicki rated it 5 of 5 stars

The Lost Prince continues the story of Selden Edwards' first book, The Little Book. It actually stands very well on it's own, and in fact, I read it first, not realizing it was continuing a saga Edwards had already started. The story is fascinating and richly imagined. It begins as Eleanor Putnam returns to her upper class Boston home from an extended stay in Vienna during the apex of that city's glory, in 1897. Her decidedly unorthodox adventures in Vienna are alluded to, but not detailed at al...more The Lost Prince continues the story of Selden Edwards' first book, The Little Book. It actually stands very well on it's own, and in fact, I read it first, not realizing it was continuing a saga Edwards had already started. The story is fascinating and richly imagined. It begins as Eleanor Putnam returns to her upper class Boston home from an extended stay in Vienna during the apex of that city's glory, in 1897. Her decidedly unorthodox adventures in Vienna are alluded to, but not detailed at all.

She has been tasked with following instructions which she received in Vienna in a journal that originally belonged to a mysterious older man to whom she had become very close. He claimed, and she believed, that he had come from the future and was giving her advice that would lead to specific outcomes that would benefit her family and an even wider circle of friends and organizations as time goes by. She was even told whom she should marry and she set about arranging the circumstances so that that would indeed happen. It helped that Frank Burden had already expressed interest in marrying her before she had ever gone to Vienna.

Her first duty is to sell a valuable piece of jewelry, which the man had also given her, so that she would have seed money to start a fund which would provide for the financing necessary to do the things she had been tasked to do. Second, she was told the name of the person she should hire to manage the fund she would set up. She was told the name of the fund, and even what company to invest in first.

Of course she had the choice not to follow the prescribed plan, and sometimes experienced a great deal of anxiety as things seemed to be going terribly wrong, but the advice she had received always proved to be the way to go.

Historical characters show up frequently in Eleanor Putnam Burden's life. Her godfather is William James, the leading American thinker, philosopher and psychologist of the day. She had met Dr. Sigmund Freud while she was in Vienna, and was instrumental in bringing him, along with his disciple and fellow psychologist Carl Jung, to the Boston area to lecture. Because her benefactor had told her of the coming disaster of J. Pierpoint Morgan's great ocean-going vessel, the Titanic, she was able to warn him not to take the maiden voyage.

She was also tasked with recruiting Arnauld Esterhazy, one of the young intellectuals she had met while in Vienna, to move to Boston to teach in the prep school that her husband Frank had attended, and that would become the alma mater of her son and grandson, as yet unborn.

In the meantime, Eleanor is continuing to serve as a charming hostess for Frank as he rises in prestige and influence in the world of Boston banking; she is raising two daughters and doing frequent service and charity work, and otherwise functioning as a key player in Boston society.

But when rumors of war in Europe, the prelude to WWI, are heard, Arnauld Esterhazy feels that it is his duty to return to Vienna to serve in the army there. His expectation is that the war will be of short duration and that his responsibilities will lie far from active battle fields. Sadly he has greatly misjudged what will be required of him. As the war winds down, Arnauld is missing and presumed dead. Eleanor is distraught and asks Dr. Freud to verify the report. He gets back to her with the sad news that trusted sources verify that Esterhazy is dead. Eleanor is stunned....the journal from the future has not been wrong about anything, but Esterhazy has not yet had the opportunity to influence her son, much less a grandson, and yet he has died in the awful war!

Eleanor's feelings of tension return over the battle between choice and destiny as she mourns the loss of the esteemed friend and teacher. At last she decides that he simply cannot be dead, and decides to leave her family in Boston and travel to Europe with only her three year old son, hoping against hope that Esterhazy will be found among the survivors who are still in hospitals, many so shell-shocked that they do not know their own names.

Eleanor's confidence and wisdom serve her well as she deals with many long-suffering Europeans in their war-torn countries and some very unsavory characters as well. She meets Esterhazy's parents, learning of his secret past, which is known only to a very few people. She spends more time with Dr. Freud and Dr. Jung who agree to help her in her quest to find Esterhazy.

This story is intricately plotted and has surprising twists along the way. The ugly anti-Semitism that was emerging in 1897 Vienna and was discounted at the time as a mere political strategy, is becoming the horrific reality that no one foresaw. Discussion of music theories, psychological theories and the battle between free will and destiny also keep the reader involved and thinking about a myriad of ideas and their implications, even beyond the rich characters and personalities that we come to know throughout this compelling and memorable book.

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Aug 23, 2012 Albert rated it 4 of 5 stars

The long awaited sequel to The Little Book does not dissapoint. Fans of the first novel of time travel, lost love found again and then lost and the city of Venice how it once was and never will be again; will love The Lost Prince.
Told through the eyes and journeys of Eleanor Burden, The Lost Prince picks up where The Little Book left off with Eleanor returning to the states to write her own book and live her life guided by the book left to her.
She succeeds in a man's world of finance and litera...more

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Oct 27, 2012 Diane rated it 3 of 5 stars

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I started this book, then put it down for a while as I just couldn't get into it. I decided to pick it up again to give it another try. It's a long book, partially due to the repetition and partially due to the long, drawn out discussions that take place. If you are like me, and haven't read the first book in this series, The Little Book, you will probably be lost for the first hundred pages or so. It became a bit more clear after some necessary background was revealed. Still, I found the c...more

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Sep 04, 2012 Kendal rated it 4 of 5 stars

In The Lost Prince, Selden Edwards weaves a rich and beautiful tapestry of faith, love and destiny. Eleanor Burden is an amazing character, so full of determination and tremendous strength. I wish that I had read The Little Book prior to starting this one so I would have gotten a full appreciation of her character. Mr. Edwards’ gave us a collection of wonderful and vibrant characters with Eleanor at the very center.

At the center of Eleanor’s world is a little book she calls her Vienna journal. E...more In The Lost Prince, Selden Edwards weaves a rich and beautiful tapestry of faith, love and destiny. Eleanor Burden is an amazing character, so full of determination and tremendous strength. I wish that I had read The Little Book prior to starting this one so I would have gotten a full appreciation of her character. Mr. Edwards’ gave us a collection of wonderful and vibrant characters with Eleanor at the very center.

At the center of Eleanor’s world is a little book she calls her Vienna journal. Everything she believes and strives for is in that book. It is her Scripture. At times, her faith is shaken to its core. But her resolve overcomes her doubt and she is able to continue on her foreseen path. Throughout the book, Eleanor struggles with the concepts of predetermination and free will. Is everything written in the journal destined or does she produce those predictions with her careful planning and actions? Her conservations with Will Honeycutt illuminate her struggles on what is destiny and what is free will.

At a time where women had little to no rights, Eleanor was able to become a very powerful woman in her world. Her inner strength attracts some of the most powerful men in their respective fields; yet she is able to be seen as an elegant and proper wife and mother. She is able to live in two different worlds and accomplish so much.

Psychiatry is an underlying theme throughout the book. I found it very interesting to watch the unfolding of the theories of Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung and William James. All three men play significant roles in Eleanor’s plan to shape her future. Those characters really came to life, especially Sigmund Freud who I found to be a very closed and narrow-minded figure. He isn’t a believer.

Mr. Edwards did a wonderful job capturing a time in our history that is heart-wrenching and terrifying. The First World War was truly horrifying and watching Arnauld try to recover from its devastating effects, you are able to fully grasp what the Lost Generation experienced. Arnauld’s war journal describes, in tremendous detail, how traumatizing and violent war truly is.

From the front cover to the final page, The Lost Prince is a beautiful piece of work. I’m now going to read The Little Book for more wonderful story-telling.
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Sep 06, 2012 Sharon Pelletier rated it 4 of 5 stars

Enjoyed this tremendously, though it was more of a sequel (or even prequel? so hard to tell with time travel!) than I realized. And I'm eager to read the original, The Little Book, for the rest of the story. In particular, I admired the detachment that relates some parts of the narrative with an almost non-fiction tone, mentioning dates, sources, etc., as if researched at a later time; this gave the time-travel premise credibility. Yet the characters are vivid and full and the author is very muc...more

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Mar 03, 2013 Amy rated it 3 of 5 stars

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Nov 03, 2012 Christine Rebbert rated it 3 of 5 stars

You probably really have to have read Edwards' "The Little Book" for this book to make any sense at all; it springs from the same basic story but from an alternate character's point of view. I LOVED "The Little Book", and was mesmerized all over again at the beginning of this one. But then it started to bog down -- yeah, yeah, uh-huh... I guess what it came down to for me was, there is no way for the magic of the first book to be re-lived with the same sense of wonder and awe, just like you can'...more

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Feb 03, 2013 Narfy rated it 1 of 5 stars

I agree with other posters that this should have been clearly labeled as a prequel. If I'd known the first book was so ridiculous, I never would have picked this one up.

Maybe I missed something from not having read the first book, but why would anyone chose to live a life mapped out by some weirdo they meet claiming to be from the future? I don't understand the reason Wheeler time-traveled in the first place...Arnauld and Eleanor seem to have met before he appeared. Did he disrupt the future and...more

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Jan 23, 2013 Christine rated it 1 of 5 stars

This was actually one of the worst books i've ever read. Sheer will power alone drove me to finish. There are dictionaries with better character development; inter-office memos with more compelling dialogue; and opium fueled dreams with that require fewer leaps of faith to buy into the plot. So she has a book that tells her about some critical events of the future. This now becomes a crutch on which every act, every motivation, every event that follows is based on. No, I don't have to make my re...more

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Sep 12, 2012 Lisa rated it 2 of 5 stars

I didn't realize this was a sequel to The Little Book (which I loved) until I started reading. Nowhere on the book cover, back, or jacket does it identify itself as such, which does readers a gross disservice. With a four-year span between these detailed books, I'd be surprised if anyone remembers specifics of the story.

This one picks up where the other left off, but for most of it, I was thoroughly confused. I was also bored. Edwards has quite the penchant for unnecessary detail and repetition...more

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Dec 29, 2012 Chris rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: audiobook, europe, fiction, historical-fiction, literary-fiction, war

I received this as a free download from Audiojukebox. I say that not only in the interest of fairness but also to explain that this is the only reason why I finished the book.
A couple of years ago I listened to the audio version of Edwards' first book, The Little Book. While I felt there were a few flaws in the story, it was also strangely compelling. It was one of those books that stay with you long after you've finished. In fact, it has stuck with me ever since, especially the superb narratio...more I received this as a free download from Audiojukebox. I say that not only in the interest of fairness but also to explain that this is the only reason why I finished the book.
A couple of years ago I listened to the audio version of Edwards' first book, The Little Book. While I felt there were a few flaws in the story, it was also strangely compelling. It was one of those books that stay with you long after you've finished. In fact, it has stuck with me ever since, especially the superb narration. So I was very interested in the continuation of that story and jumped at the chance to listen to the book.
The Lost Prince tells the story of what happens to Eleanor Putnam Burden after she returns to Boston from Vienna in 1897, the end of "The Little Book." She brings back the journal that describes many of the things that will happen over the course of her life--including the sinking of the Titanic and World War I--and sets about planning for each event. Eleanor in many ways is captive to the book because she feels that doing everything she is supposed to will complete a circle in time bringing her back to fin de siecle Vienna and the love of her life.
Unfortunately, through most of the book, there are only allusions to what happened in the first book. I can't understand why Edwards wouldn't choose to lay the story out more clearly. Even those of us who read the first book have likely forgotten a fair amount of it.
But the biggest problem with the book is the narration. Angela Brazil reads like a college professor standing at a lectern speaking to a very large class. Her voice, more often than not, is strident, like she's trying to wake up the student in the back row. She has a truly annoying habit of over-emphasizing the last word in the sentence, whether it needs it or not. "The two men were standing next to the TABLE." She also mispronounces numerous words, including "fin de siecle"--or as she puts it, "fin du sicklah." She certainly has the ability to soften her voice. When she does, it becomes quite pleasant; it makes me think of Blair Brown, a superb narrator. She also does a particularly good German accent. But most of the time, the narration just plain grated on me.
It also doesn't help the Edwards writes incredibly stilted dialogue. Even allowing for his attempt to have people speak in the more formal way of the times, it comes across as leaden. For some reason, Eleanor's husband is almost always referred to as "Frank Burden" never just Frank. Also, as with the first book, you've got to check your expectations of reality at the first page. Truly improbable things happen. Frank Burden is a stiff-as-a-board Boston Brahmin banker who doesn't like any kind of change. Yet he hasn't got a clue that his wife is running around the country making stock deals worth millions of dollars. He doesn't seem to bat an eye when she decides to go running around war-ravaged Europe immediately after World War I. It's obvious to almost everyone she comes in contact with that Eleanor has special insight into the future, and yet hardly anyone questions her about it. Even Sigmund Freud, who was skeptical of the time traveler in the first book, refuses to accept the obvious in the second.
Finally, there are two somewhat meaningless twists in the plot. The first is Eleanor's relationship with Williams James. The second is the basis for this book's title. While I won't give it away here, I will say that it doesn't make a lot of sense to me. Since we already know what's going to happen from the first book, adding this twist seems like a road that goes nowhere.
I got a copy of the hardbook version of the book from the library to compare the two. There's no doubt I would have enjoyed the printed version more.
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Apr 27, 2013 John rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: historical-fiction, early-20th-century, wwi

This novel is a sequel to Selden Edwards’ The Little Book, a tale of a contemporary American who becomes displaced in time in 19th century Vienna. The Lost Prince opens shortly after Eleanor Burden returns from fin de siècle Vienna and begins a personal mission to ensure a future by aligning the early 20th century according to a journal given to her by her grandson. She establishes her personal fortune with the assistance of a young physicist she hires to invest in companies that she appears to...more

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Jan 15, 2013 Carol rated it 4 of 5 stars

First, if you haven't read "The Little Book" by Selden Edwards, you will be totally lost with 'The Lost Prince". It is definitely a sequel, although it is touted as a stand alone. That being said, "The Lost Prince" has much to recommend it. If you like a bit of fantasy, historical fiction, and swift pace to your reading, then this book is for you. The story revolves around Eleanor Burden (a character from Edwards' first book) who is able to predict certain events with the help of a small journal...more

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Nov 12, 2012 Jgrace rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: historical-fiction, fantasy

The Lost Prince – Seldon Edwards
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………spoilers……….

This is a sequel to Seldon Edwards’ convoluted time travel novel, The Little Book]. The first book takes place mostly in fin de siècle Vienna, where five of the principal characters converge in time. As the complex first book ends, the two time traveling characters are dead. Eleanor Putnam has been left with The Little Book which contains irrefutable, formidable knowledge of the future.

This book is entirely Eleanor’s story as she struggles t...more The Lost Prince – Seldon Edwards
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………spoilers……….

This is a sequel to Seldon Edwards’ convoluted time travel novel, The Little Book]. The first book takes place mostly in fin de siècle Vienna, where five of the principal characters converge in time. As the complex first book ends, the two time traveling characters are dead. Eleanor Putnam has been left with The Little Book which contains irrefutable, formidable knowledge of the future.

This book is entirely Eleanor’s story as she struggles to bring about those events that she knows must happen. Over the years, she develops (historically unlikely) relationships with Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, J.P. Morgan, and other well known personalities. There are a few interesting new characters, but for the most part everything that takes place in this book is thoroughly foreshadowed in the first book. Eleanor must struggle through her own peculiar battle with the ideas of free will and determinism. The most gripping part of the story deals with the devastation of World War I and Arnold Esterhazy’s treatment for profound shell shock.

I liked the first book in this series very much. The Little Book was a challenging, complex book, filled with wonderful historical detail. It required the suspension of disbelief that any reader must take into a time travel novel, but the end result was worth the effort. The Lost Prince is a shorter book with an uncomplicated linear timeline, but I struggled to finish it. It is necessary to read the first book to understand anything in The Lost Prince. However, knowledge of the first book removes any suspense regarding the ending of book two. Foreknowledge of the ending made it difficult to meander through philosophical and psychological sidebars that did little to move the plot. This book lacks much of the detailed descriptions of setting that Seldon lavished on Vienna in the first book. I also found myself losing patience with the convenient ‘secret’ relationships that, in both books, resulted in several characters having surprising bloodlines.

I understand there is to be a third book. Publishers do like trilogies. I will probably read it, but I think it is unfortunate. The Little Book worked very well as a single book.
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Dec 09, 2012 Petunia rated it 4 of 5 stars

In 1898, Eleanor Burden, a young Bostonian, returns home from Vienna with a remarkable journal, which foretells the events of her lifetime. Although Eleanor is unable to prevent evil, she knows she will accomplish great good.
Guided by foreknowledge, Eleanor accumulates a fortune. She marries and has a family. Concurrently, she locates specific individuals destined to play an important part in her life and the achievements foretold in the journal.
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Sep 06, 2012 Bonnie is currently reading it

Has anyone else listened to the audio version of this book? I loved The Little Book -- as a matter of fact read it more than once. I think I would love this one too but the narrator makes listening painful. Her German accents sound reasonably authentic, and her voice can be pleasant when she is reading text, but most character voices are clipped and abrupt and sound harsh, especially Eleanor. I may try to read it in book form, but I have such a long commute that I do most of my "reading" in the...more

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Feb 19, 2013 Kim Bui rated it 1 of 5 stars

I'm as upset as others that there was no mention that this was a follow up to a first book.

That explains why the plotline is so drawn out and you have such little character development. I felt like I was waiting for a critical juncture in the story that somehow took 250 pages to take place even though the book starts off right after this juncture.

One of the more frustrating reads I've read in a while.

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Sep 02, 2012 Judy Chessin rated it 4 of 5 stars

This one didn't take my breath away as did the first. Perhaps because Eleanor wasn't as likeable, as I had found the previous hero. Also, as I read, I couldn't remember things from the first book. Somehow the disconnects in The Little Book didn't bother me, but here the did.

All that being said, I love historical fiction from which I can learn. I loved the mix of mythology, psychology and history. And I enjoyed the themes in this book: fate and free will. I am so taken by the idea that you have...more

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May 01, 2012 Red Ferry rated it 4 of 5 stars

This was an amazing novel, despite not having read "The Little Book",which precedes this one.I must get my hands on that first novel as it will fill in some of the missing pieces. I would recommend people read "The Little Book" first as they will probably get more out of this second novel if they do. At the core of these novels is time travel and predestination, something I'm not attracted to, but I put all disbelief aside and really enjoyed it!

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Oct 05, 2012 Julia rated it 5 of 5 stars

This was one of the most intriguing books that I have read in a long time. At the turn of the century, a well-to-do young woman travels to Vienna where she encounters the love of her life. He vanishes, leaving with her a journal fore telling the future. With this knowledge, she builds a life gaining riches, famous friends, experiencing history on her terms. Riveting.

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Sep 11, 2012 Darrin rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: historical-fiction, science-fiction, literary-fiction

An excellent follow-up to Edwards best-selling The Little Book. If anything The Lost Prince helped me to appreciate The Little Book that much more. The Little Book planted the seeds for The Lost Prince. Many times sequels fall short of the original works but in this case Edwards has done an exceptional job of allowing the 2 books to complement each other quite well. The two books enhance rather than take away from one another.

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Mar 07, 2013 Dawn rated it 5 of 5 stars

Thanks to a surprise snow day I was able to fly through the book, reading several hundred pages in one day and finish at 12:30AM! Amazing story! I need to process the entire plot to get my head more fully around how it all came together! Set in Boston and Vienna, it is an amazing tale. However, I have to read a less gripping novel now to balance out my need for sleep!

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Sep 10, 2012 Linda rated it 4 of 5 stars

If you are into historical fiction, this book will be right up your alley. I would have given it a 5 but for a bit too much psychoanalytical detail to my taste. That being said, this book was every bit as intriguing as his first novel and thank goodness I did not have to wait another 30 years for it to be written. Is there a number three in the making? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm. I hope so.

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Sep 24, 2012 Kara Lustiber rated it 4 of 5 stars

I didn't realize that this was the second in a series, and I really enjoyed it. I really enjoyed the time travel premise. It created an opportunity for the character to explore psycho-analysis and independence. The book was so well written that reading it was like opening one butterscotch candy after another.

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Sep 14, 2012 Jodi rated it 3 of 5 stars

The storyline stayed with me for weeks after I read this book. The characters were interesting, but I wanted more background and motivation (which I found in The Little Book- a prequel to this story). The author's ideas still have me thinking. if you decide to read this, be sure and read the other book first!.

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Selden Edwards began writing The Little Book as a young English teacher in 1974, and continued to layer and refine the manuscript until its completion in 2007. It is his first novel. He spent his career as headmaster at several independent schools across the country, and for over forty years has been secretary of his Princeton class, where he also played basketball. He lives in Santa Barbara, Cali...more

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