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 Project Gutenberg 2025-07-14 Public domain in the USA. 135 Benoît, Pierre 1886 1962 Benoit, Pierre Raitio, K. V. (Kosti Volmari) 1889 1929 Raitio, Kosti Volmari Kœnigsmark. Finnish Ruhtinatar Aurore : $b (»Königsmark») $aHelsinki :$bKust.Oy Kirja, $c1922. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koenigsmark_(novel) Tuula Temonen "Ruhtinatar Aurore (»Königsmark»)" by Pierre Benoît is a novel written in the early 20th century. It follows the French officer-scholar Raoul Vignerte, who becomes tutor to a German prince at the court of Lautenburg-Detmold on the eve of the Great War and is drawn into perilous palace intrigues around the elusive Grand Duchess Aurore and the calculating Grand Duke Friedrich‑August. Framed by a soldier’s recollection at the front, the story promises a blend of romance, espionage, and political mystery within a haunted German court. The opening of the novel places a French company in a bleak frontline sector in 1914, where the narrator and Lieutenant Raoul Vignerte settle their men, encounter a dead German from the 182nd Regiment, and the name “Lautenburg” visibly disturbs Vignerte. In a dugout that night, after forced card play and a silent patrol past fresh graves, Vignerte begins his confession. His backstory shifts to 1913 Paris: a stalled academic career, a chance meeting with a well-connected acquaintance who steers him toward a lucrative post tutoring the young Joachim at the Lautenburg-Detmold court, and a cautioned interview with Professor Thierry, who hints at troubling deaths, unusual succession, and the dangerous character of Grand Duke Friedrich‑August. Vignerte then secures the position from the French envoy de Marçais—complete with funds and instructions, even a test in recitation for the poetry-loving Grand Duchess—while Thierry offers sober teaching advice, and departure for the German court becomes imminent. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20250406095856benoit 1922 FI Reading ease score: 35.5 (College-level). Difficult to read. fi Mystery fiction Nobility -- Germany -- Fiction French fiction -- Translations into Finnish French -- Germany -- Fiction PQ Text Category: Historical Novels Category: Romance Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Novels Category: French Literature 495369 2025-07-30T08:27:27.726654 text/html 263206 2025-07-30T08:27:37.143578 application/epub+zip 269892 2025-07-30T08:27:30.822589 application/epub+zip 248989 2025-07-30T08:27:29.475614 application/epub+zip 490763 2025-07-30T08:27:41.590543 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 461916 2025-07-30T08:27:36.286585 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 440512 2025-07-30T08:27:27.268595 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 420762 2025-07-14T13:36:11 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 14677 2025-07-30T08:27:41.784522 application/rdf+xml 14969 2025-07-30T08:27:30.064584 image/jpeg 3854 2025-07-30T08:27:29.789592 image/jpeg 260881 2025-07-30T08:27:27.766644 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia fi.wikipedia