Far off in the mountain lands somewhere to the east of the setting sun lies the principality of Graustark serene relic of rare old feudal days. The traveler reaches the little domain after an arduous sometimes perilous journey from the great European capitals whether they be north or south or west-never east. Written in 1904 it's a tale of a rich beautiful southern American girl who takes off for the foreign country of Graustark (we don't really know where this is, except it seems to be in Eastern Europe not far from Vienna or St. Petersburg). Beverly follows home a friend who happens to be a princess. There is war, bandits, a royal court, intrigue, a handsome mysterious stranger, and of course, a dastardly villain. Will all turn out all right in the end?