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.