Titles

by Peter Evans

The time is the late 1950’s. Georgina Game, a cool blonde beauty who moves easily through European circles of wealth and power, is about to assume the storied title of Movie Queen. The men and women she meets on her rise to fame find herPlayboy Dominick Antrobus falls willingly – perhaps fatally - under her spell.Liz Huntington learns from Georgina a poignant lesson in love.Producer Biron Strauss realizes is career depends on making Georgina his discovery.Publicist Dave Jarrup wonders where the woman begins and the actress ends.But, for the tiny Mediterranean kingdom of St. Saladin and for Georgina herself, the most significant impression is the one that she makes on Dieter Stosch. Prince Philippe is titular ruler of St. Saladin, but it is Stosch who controls the vast gambling-intelligence network that is the kingdom’s real power. And Stosch has decreed the Prince must take a bride. Among the people hePrince Philippe himself, the charming heir to the throne, who indulges in elaborate sexual games while waiting to assume his own royal title.Isak Girod, Philippe’s imaginative partner in erotic love.Father David Cornelius, whose politician’s heart and priest’s soul make him the confidant of the kingdom’s ruler.The seductive Catherine Gaillard, who miscalculates her importance to Stosch … and Alwyn Brand, the enigmatic private secretary.

407 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1978