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“A Drama of Human Hearts under Ermine Robes.”
Set in the fictitious European kingdom of Balanca, Prince Michael IV is being coerced, by his advisers, to marry a young woman of royal blood. However, he has fallen for a peasant.
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Original Language
EN

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Duke Nicky
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