Project Gutenberg 2023-12-11 Public domain in the USA. 130 Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness 1865 1947 Orczy, Baroness Emmuska Barstow, Montagu, Mrs. The emperor's candlesticks $aLondon :$bC. Arthur Pearson Limited, $c1899. Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emperor%27s_Candlesticks an anonymous Project Gutenberg volunteer "The Emperor's Candlesticks" by Baroness Emmuska Orczy is a historical novel likely written in the late 19th century. The story unfolds against the vibrant backdrop of carnival celebrations in Vienna, where intertwined lives of nobility and hidden agendas emerge, focusing on a plot involving the Tsarevitch Nicholas Alexandrovitch. The novel explores themes of intrigue and romance as Nicholas becomes entangled with a mysterious odalisque, setting off a chain of events that reveals the darker elements of the world he inhabits. At the start of the narrative, we find ourselves in the midst of a luxurious opera ball in Vienna during Shrove Tuesday, filled with revelry before Lent. The Tsarevitch, disguised in a black domino, pursues a captivating odalisque through the dance and excitement, prompting a mysterious abduction. As the evening progresses, it becomes clear that his disappearance is not just a light-hearted escapade but part of a larger, more sinister plot involving secretive political motivations. Simultaneously, other characters with agendas are introduced, hinting at a complex web of conspiracies awaiting resolution as the story unfolds. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/the-emperor-s-candlesticks/ 20231207065504orczy 1899 GB Reading ease score: 63.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Spy stories Vienna (Austria) -- Fiction Carnival -- Fiction PR Text Category: Historical Novels Category: Romance Category: Adventure Category: Novels 351355 2025-06-28T13:20:42.131881 text/html 327857 2023-12-11T13:08:44 text/html 357090 2025-06-28T13:20:45.961912 application/epub+zip 361576 2025-06-28T13:20:42.722959 application/epub+zip 179343 2025-06-28T13:20:42.415921 application/epub+zip 480979 2025-06-28T13:20:48.773944 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 456478 2025-06-28T13:20:45.706945 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 328639 2025-06-28T13:20:41.557947 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 308893 2023-12-11T13:08:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16560 2025-06-28T13:20:48.902973 application/rdf+xml 21911 2025-06-28T13:20:42.524878 image/jpeg 2385 2025-06-28T13:20:42.470897 image/jpeg 375354 2025-06-28T13:20:42.163946 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia