“The Royal End”, a romance is a historical fiction novel set in the 19th century, centered around the complex world of royalty and aristocracy. The story unfolds within a grandiose royal court, where romance and political intrigue intertwine against a backdrop of social class distinctions and nobility. At its heart, the novel explores a passionate love story between characters of high social standing, navigating the constraints and expectations of royal life. As they pursue their romance, they face numerous challenges, including court intrigue, political maneuvering, and the pressures of maintaining their social positions.
The narrative delves into the dynamics of aristocratic life, where personal desires often clash with public duties and societal norms. Through dramatic encounters and emotional highs and lows, “The Royal End” portrays the tension between love and duty, revealing how personal relationships are influenced by the broader political and social landscape of the time.
With its richly detailed setting and compelling characters, “The Royal End” provides a vivid portrayal of romance amidst the grandeur and complexity of royal life.
Henry Harland was an American novelist and editor. Harland was born in Norwich, Connecticut, in 1861, as the son of Fourierist Thomas Harland, a former roommate of editor and novelist Edmund Clarence Stedman. He grew up in New York, and after the Civil War, the Harlands lived in the city's German Jewish neighborhood. Harland went to City College of New York, then, briefly Harvard Divinity School. In May 1884, he married Aline Herminie Merriam, a fellow artist. His literary career is divided into two sections. During the first, he wrote a series of exciting novels under the pseudonym Sidney Luska, paying little attention to literary merit. His writings created under this name in the 1880s were the first widely read books about the American Jewish experience, which Harland both applauded and condemned. Harland's depictions were heavily criticized by the Jewish community. One review in the Philadelphia-based Jewish Exponent said one of his writings was “grossly inartistic” and displayed “condescension” and “vulgar assumption toward Jews”. “In The Menorah”. Kaufmann Kohler claimed that in Harland's novels, “the Jews, as a class, lack refinement”.
