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The Fate of a Crown
''The Fate of a Crown'' is a 1905 adventure novel written by L. Frank Baum, the author best known for his Oz books. It was published under the pen name "Schuyler Staunton," one of Baum's several pseudonyms.〔"Schulyer Staunton," ''The Fate of a Crown'', Chicago, Reilly & Britton, 1905.〕 (Baum arrived at the name by adding one letter to the name of his late maternal uncle Schuyler Stanton.)〔Katharine M. Rogers, ''L. Frank Baum, Creator of Oz: A Biography'', New York, St. Martin's Press, 2002; p. 135.〕
==Audience==
In the years just before and after 1900, Baum had established himself as a successful author of children's books. He then set out to expand his audience in three potentially lucrative areas: adult fiction and juvenile fiction for girls and for boys. ''The Fate of a Crown'' was his first endeavor for the adult audience. In 1906 he published ''Annabel'' and ''Aunt Jane's Nieces'', juvenile novels for girls, and ''Sam Steele's Adventures on Land and Sea'', a book for boys. (Each of these books was issued under a different pseudonym.)
In ''The Fate of a Crown'', Baum wrote an adventure novel that combines elements of political intrigue, melodrama, and mystery story. He set the book in Brazil in 1889, during the revolution that brought the Empire of Brazil to its end. Baum chose the rather daring strategy of including major historical figures of the period, Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca,〔''The Fate of a Crown'', pp. 97-105, 134-40.〕 Floriano Peixoto,〔''The Fate of a Crown'', pp. 135-40, 183-6, 189-93.〕 and even Emperor Pedro II,〔''The Fate of a Crown'', pp. 160-88.〕 as characters in his fiction. (This may have been an additional good reason for releasing the novel under a pen name.)
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