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Samenvatting van De verloren prins
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A boy with a secret oath carries four words across Europe for a lost prince, and a crippled friend marches beside him.
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De verloren prins in het kort
Samenvatting: 8 min leestijd
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- Ongeveer 6 h 25 min5 h 5 min fast, 7 h 40 min slow
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- 91.900 woorden
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- Gemiddeld longer sentences, everyday words
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- 1915by Frances Hodgson Burnett
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De verloren prins in short
The Lost Prince follows Marco Loristan, trained from childhood to keep silent, remember everything, and serve a cause he is not yet allowed to understand. A legend five hundred years old gives that cause its heart. A crippled street boy, The Rat, invents a game that begins to match what the grown men around Marco are quietly planning.
What De verloren prins is about
What would you do if your whole life were a secret, and the only person you could tell was your father? Marco Loristan, a boy of twelve, lives that life. He has moved from country to country with his father and an old soldier-servant, and at seven he took an oath on a drawn sword that he keeps every hour.
The Lost Prince was written by Frances Hodgson Burnett, who also wrote A Little Princess and The Secret Garden. It appeared in 1915 and follows a secret mission from London through Europe to the imagined country of Samavia. You will meet a fierce street boy, a lovely spy, a dark cellar, and four small words that cross Europe.
Voor wie is het?. You will love this book if you enjoy secret missions, journeys through old European cities, warm friendships, and stories where courage means keeping a steady mind.
The story in 10 parts
Key idea 1 · free to read
A Boy Raised in Silence and Exile
The story opens in the dreariest corner of London, Philibert Place. Marco Loristan, a tall, dark, quiet boy, stands at the railings after a hurried journey from Russia. His father may wake him any night and tell him to dress, because they are moving again.
Marco has never seen his homeland, Samavia, yet he knows its maps by heart. His father, Stefan Loristan, has told him of its beauty and its sufferings since he was small. The family is poor, but Loristan carries himself so nobly that people stand when he enters a room.
The training is unusual. Marco has learned five languages and never shows surprise. He studies faces and streets, and each night he describes everything he has seen to his father. When boys ask what his father does, Marco says he is a writer, which is true.
A quiet life with a clear aim can shape a person more than comfort does.
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A Legend Five Hundred Years Old
As Marco walks toward Buckingham Palace, his mind turns to his favorite story, the legend of the Lost Prince.
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The Rat and the Secret Party Game
Wandering a narrow side street, Marco hears boys' voices behind an old churchyard.
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A Father's Secret and a Midnight Signal
Before this game, Marco tells his father about The Rat.
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A Place for a Boy Who Never Had One
Marco's new friendship is tested when The Rat arrives at the door on crutches, pale and shaking.
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The Lovely Person and the Dark Cellar
One day, walking home alone, Marco meets a graceful young woman who seems to hurt her ankle in the street.
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The Game Turns Into a Real Mission
After the cellar, Loristan and Marco grow closer than ever.
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Faces on the Road Through Europe
The journey takes them to Munich, Salzburg, Vienna, and high mountain villages.
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The Law of the Ledge and Where Strength Comes From
On a night in Munich, Marco tells The Rat a story he heard from his father.
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Loyalty, Lamps, and How the Tale Is Told
Loyalty runs through every chapter.
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Characters, plot and themes
Main characters
- Marco Loristan A tall, silent boy of twelve, raised in exile and trained to remember everything, who wants to serve Samavia and make his father proud.
- Stefan Loristan Marco's calm, poor, commanding father, a Samavian patriot who works in secret and treats his son as a comrade.
- Lazarus The loyal old soldier-servant of the family, who guards and serves father and son with strict ceremony.
- The Rat Jem Ratcliffe, a fierce, clever, crippled boy who drills a gang of street boys and longs to be a soldier.
- The Lovely Person A graceful spy who uses charm and a false injury to trap Marco and learn his father's secrets.
- The Squad A dozen ragged London boys, led by The Rat, who drill with sticks and love the game of the Secret Party.
How it ends (spoiler)
Marco and The Rat return to London and find Loristan gone, summoned to Samavia. News soon comes that the Secret Party has risen and crowned the descendant of the Lost Prince. Messengers take the boys to Melzarr. There Marco kneels before the king and finds that his own father, Stefan Loristan, is the long-awaited king, Ivor. The Rat is honored as the army and aide-de-camp.
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What is The Lost Prince by Frances Hodgson Burnett about?
It follows Marco Loristan, a poor boy raised in exile, and his friend The Rat. Together they carry a secret message across Europe for the people of Samavia, inspired by an old legend of a vanished prince.
Is Samavia a real country?
No. Samavia is an imagined mountain country. Burnett drew on the troubled Balkans and central Europe of her day, and wrote the book in 1915 while war filled the news.
What does the Lamp is lighted mean?
It is the secret signal Marco and The Rat deliver in four words to hidden friends of Samavia. The Sign brings powerful responses, including thanksgiving, tears, and prayer, and the phrase builds a sense of mounting hope.
Who is The Rat in The Lost Prince?
The Rat is Jem Ratcliffe, a clever, fierce, hunchbacked boy who leads a gang of London street boys. He becomes Marco's closest friend and aide-de-camp, and trains himself to travel on crutches.
Is The Lost Prince easy to read?
Yes, in a good sense: it has short chapters, a clear, warm voice, vivid scenes like the dark cellar and the storm in a garden, and a clean forward drive that carries readers along.
Verwijs naar deze uitgave
Burnett, Frances Hodgson. The Lost Prince. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-lost-prince.
Burnett, F. H. (2026). The lost prince. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-lost-prince (Original work published 1915)
Burnett, Frances Hodgson. The Lost Prince. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-lost-prince.
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