![]() Thus a bedraggled "Prince of Poverty" discovers that his private dreams have all the come true - while a pampered Prince of Wales finds himself tossed into a rough-and-tumble world of squalid beggars and villainous thieves. Two boys, one an urchin from London's filthy lanes, the other a prince born in a lavish palace, unwittingly trade identities. Rich with surprise and hilarious adventure, "The Prince And The Pauper" is a delight satire of England's romantic past and a joyful boyhood romp filled with the same tongue-in-cheek irony that sparked the best of Mark Twain's tall tales. Soon the prince is thrown out of the palace in rags, leaving ignorant Tom to play the part of a royal prince. But fate intervenes, and their identities become confused. ![]() For Edward is prince, heir to King Henry VIII of England, whilst Tom is a miserable pauper. Their birthdays and their faces match, but there the likeness stops. ![]() ![]() Tom Canty and Edward Tudor could have been identical twins. The Prince and the Pauper (Puffin Classics) ![]()
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