Graustark & Beverly of Graustark: 1

• The first two of American author George Barr McCutcheon 's books in the six-book Graustark series are bound together in this Kindle edition: Graustark (1901) & Beverly of Graustark (1904).

Graustark
Graustark is a fictional country in Eastern Europe with stories involving court intrigue, royal disguise, and romance. The novels gave their name to a fictional genre called Graustarkian romance.

About The Author
George Barr McCutcheon (1866 – 1928) was an American popular novelist and playwright. His best known works include the series of novels set in Graustark, a fictional East European country, and the novel Brewster's Millions, which was adapted into a play and several films.
Born in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, McCutcheon's father, despite not receiving formal education, stressed the value of literature and encouraged his sons to write. In Indiana. McCutcheon studied at Purdue University and was a roommate of future humorist George Ade. During his college years, he was editor of the Lafayette Daily Courier and wrote a serial novel of satire about Wabash River life.
Although McCutcheon became famous for the Graustark series (the first novel was published in 1901), he hated the characterization of being a Romantic and preferred to be identified with his playwriting. McCutcheon, along with a number of other Indiana writers of the same period, is considered to be part of the Golden Age of Indiana Literature.