Royal Highness (novel)
1909 novel by Thomas Mann / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Königliche Hoheit" redirects here. For the film, see Königliche Hoheit (film).
Royal Highness (German: Königliche Hoheit) is a 1909 novel by Thomas Mann. It is Mann's second novel and was written between the summer of 1906 and February 1909. Royal Highness is characterized by its fairytale-like qualities and was modeled after Mann's own romance and marriage to Katia Mann in February 1905. First published in 1909 in Die neue Rundschau, the novel was met with great enthusiasm from the public. However, it was met with a more divided reception from critics.
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Author | Thomas Mann |
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Original title | Königliche Hoheit |
Translator | A. Cecil Curtis |
Country | Germany |
Language | German |
Genre | Historical fiction |
Publisher | S. Fischer Verlag, Berlin |
Publication date | 1909 |
Published in English | 1916 (Knopf) |
Media type | |
Pages | 475 |
Text | Royal Highness at Wikisource |
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