The Lost Prince. ILLUSTRATED

Illustrated by Maurice L. Bower

This book is about Marco Loristan, his father, and his friend, a street

urchin named The Rat. Marco's father, Stefan, is a Samavian patriot working to

overthrow the cruel dictatorship in the kingdom of Samavia. Marco and his

father, Stefan, come to London where Marco strikes up a friendship with a

crippled street urchin known as The Rat.The friendship occurs when Marco

overhears The Rat shouting in military form.He (Marco) discovers he had stumbled

upon a strangely militia-like club known as the Squad.

Stefan, realizing that two boys are less likely to be noticed, entrusts them

with a secret mission to travel across Europe giving the secret sign: 'The Lamp

is lighted.'Marco is to go as the Bearer of the sign while Rat goes as his

Aide-de-Camp. This brings about a revolution which succeeds in overthrowing the

old regime and re-establishing the rightful king. When Marco and The Rat return

to London, Stefan has already left for Samavia. They wait there with his

father's faithful bodyguard, Lazarus, until Stefan calls. The book ends in a

climatic scene as Marco realizes his father is the descendant of Ivor

Fedorovitch and thus the rightful king of Samavia.

— Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.