This long-forgotten and eccentric romance by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Idiot’s Delight and Abe Lincoln in Illinois tells the improbable tale of an indomitable Russian Grand Duchess and her dashing Prince of a husband living in exile in Paris. Ms. Monte will breathe new life into this provocative and hilarious long-buried treasure, made possible in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.