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What is a crown worth when taking it costs peace—and love must answer to duty?
In A Son of the Immortals, Louis Tracy brings love into conflict with royalty. A crown taken by force carries a price, and private feeling collides with public duty. This romantic adventure turns on a question: what happens when the demands of rank stand in the way of the heart?
The novel belongs to the old-fashioned adventure tradition of royal intrigue, danger and devotion. Its world holds palaces, roads and hidden meetings, with strong feelings and clear lines between right and wrong. At its center lies the uneasy promise of power: a crown taken unjustly does not bring its wearer peace.
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- Love against duty Feel the pull between private devotion and the public demands of royal rank.
- The cost of power Explore the uneasy bargain behind a stolen crown and the peace it cannot secure.
- A world of intrigue Enter a landscape of palaces, dangerous roads and hidden meetings where rank shapes choices.
- Adventure with strong feeling Follow a tale that places danger and devotion at the heart of its appeal.
- Right and wrong matter Discover an adventure whose clear moral lines give the struggle over power its weight.
Who will love it
You will enjoy this if you like romantic adventure with a Balkan setting, a hero who wins by nerve and plain speech, and royal intrigue.
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- Love gives an idle prince purpose
- Alec steps toward an unwanted crown
- A crown must not reward murder
- Alec asks to be chosen
- The plotters turn love into bait
- A reunion becomes a siege
- Joan leaves to protect Alec
- Humor shares the stage with danger
- The crown puts honesty at risk
Who’s who
- Joan VernonAn American art student in Paris who copies pictures for a living and loves Alec, yet fears a marriage would ruin him.
- Alec DelgradoA polo-playing prince in exile who wants real work and finds himself offered the throne of Kosnovia.
- Felix PoluskiA hunchbacked Polish painter and former firebrand who hums opera, mocks kings and quietly guards Joan and Alec.
- Lord Adalbert BeaumanoirAlec's cheerful English friend, called Berty, who jokes through danger and stands by him in every scrape.
- General Paul StampoffA fierce old Serbian exile who made Alec king and wants his rule to serve the Slav cause.
- Constantine BelianiA smooth Greek financier who sends Joan east and wants power over the Kosnovian treasury.
- Count Julius MarulitchAlec's vain cousin, who stands to gain from any misfortune that befalls the new king.
- Prince Michael DelgradoAlec's pompous father, a dandy of the boulevards who cares more for comfort and his allowance than for any throne.
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A Son of the Immortals
by Louis Tracy · 1909
A Paris art student, a polo-playing prince and a murdered king's empty throne pull Joan Vernon toward the Danube.
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“Hola! That’s a King! Look at him!”
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What would you do if a stroll to the Louvre ended with a young man telling you he is a prince, and by evening he was boarding a train to claim a murdered king's throne? That is the opening run of A Son of the Immortals, a romantic adventure by Louis Tracy, who died in 1928.
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- 71,100 words
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- Medium longer sentences, everyday words
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- 1909by Louis Tracy
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A Prince Meets an Artist at the Louvre
The story opens on a May morning. Joan Vernon leaves her cheap lodging in the Place de la Sorbonne and smiles at the statue of Auguste Comte. She is an artist, not a philosopher, and she spends her days copying pictures at the Louvre.
On the Pont Neuf she meets Alec Delgrado, a tall young man who plays polo for a team called the Wanderers. He carries her easel to the Grande Galerie. When she calls him an idler, he admits the word stings. Then he tells her he is Prince Alexis Delgrado, son of an exiled Kosnovian line. Joan decides that a hard-working artist must not fall for a Serene Highness, but her heart refuses to follow her good sense.
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Tracy, Louis. A Son of the Immortals. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/a-son-of-the-immortals.
Tracy, L. (2026). A son of the immortals. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/a-son-of-the-immortals (Original work published 1909)
Tracy, Louis. A Son of the Immortals. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/a-son-of-the-immortals.
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What is A Son of the Immortals about?
It follows Alec Delgrado, an exiled prince living in Paris, who falls for the American artist Joan Vernon and is called to the throne of Kosnovia after a royal murder. He tries to rule honestly while plotters circle.
What does the title A Son of the Immortals mean?
It comes from a passage Joan quotes in the Louvre about Pallas Athene, who gives her heroes more fire and drives them through danger and battle. Alec takes the words as a challenge to prove himself.
Is Kosnovia a real country?
No. Kosnovia is an invented Balkan kingdom with a capital called Delgratz on the Danube. Tracy draws on the real politics of the region, including pressure from Austria, Russia and Turkey, and the history of murdered rulers.
The author
Louis Tracy
1863–1928 · British novelist
Louis Tracy was a British writer who lived from 1863 to 1928. He was born in Liverpool, England, and wrote novels, including mysteries and romances. His books included The Albert Gate Mystery, published in 1904, The Silent Barrier, published in 1910, and One Wonderful Night, published in 1912.
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