The Royal Tutor Vol 12

With first Bruno and now Kai returning from their independent studies, the palace is getting lively again-much to the delight of their doting father! But the thrill of his brothers' return only seems to strengthen Leonhard's hostility toward Adele's betrothed, who threatens to break up their happy family and take his dear sister away! (...Many years from now-but still!) Leonhard has been studying the Fonsein language so he can give the young princeling a real piece of his mind in the boy's native tongue, but......

The royal palace is bustling with successive arrivals, which is good news for lonely Leonhard! First, Beatrix comes seeking advice on how to cheer up her cuteness-starved fiancé. Then, young Prince Claude of Fonsein pays a diplomatic visit that pushes Leonhard's foreign-language skills to their limits. When Leonhard's dearest brother Bruno is next to arrive, everyone expects Leonhard to be elated...but the effusive prince is uncharacteristically reserved. Has their time apart soured the bonds of brotherly affection?!

Rumors of Heine’s bloody connection to their father initially causes the princes’ trust in their tutor to waver. When the truth of how Heine came to be the royal tutor is fully brought to light, will the darkness of years past yield to a brighter future—together?

For the duration of Eins’s mysterious isolation, the young princes have been barred from seeing their older brother. But as Count Rosenberg grows more desperate to help his friend, he finally decides to allow a meeting-only to discover that Eins has vanished?!

After Prince Eins's engagement is called off, Professor Heine and the four princelings plan a get-well visit-only to be turned away at the gate by Rosenberg. Though the boys remain racked with worry, life and lessons at the palace must continue on. However, Bruno's discovery of an old photo in Heine's room might upend everything the boys think they know about the mysterious tutor...

Mere days remain until the church’s designs on the city of water reach fruition. With no allied army on the way, Allen and Lydia prepare to fight alone against an array of deadly foes: a vampire who nearly killed them once before, a master of taboo sorcery, a lethal swordswoman, and two noblemen who hold the city in their grip. Behind them all looms the enigmatic Saint, who always seems to stay a step ahead of her opponents. Even victory on the battlefield may prove meaningless if Allen fails to unravel her schemes. But just when the odds seem insurmountable, the cavalry arrives in the form of Allen’s young students. Fresh from storming an impregnable fortress, the girls can’t wait to prove their worth and save their tutor. But how much difference can they make in this clash of legends? And can Allen bear to send them into battle, even with his own life on the line?

Presents scholars, students and general readers with the major fiction for adults, much of the best of juvenile fiction, and a selection of the educational and occasional writings of Maria Edgeworth. MARIA EDGEWORTH was born in 1768. Her first novel, Castle Rackrent (1800) was also her first Irish tale. The next such tale was Ennui (1809), after which came The Absentee, which began life as an unstaged play and was then published (in prose) in Tales of Fashionable Life (1812), as were several of her other stories. They were followed in 1817 by the last of her Irish tales, Ormond. Maria Edgeworth died in 1849. Edited with an introduction and notes by Marilyn Butler.