Monsieur Beaucaire
1900
A French prince walks into an English spa town and decides the best way to win his bride is to pretend he's just a humble barber. Louis Philippe de Valois, cousin to Louis XV, abandons palace intrigue for the hot card tables and cold shoulders of Bath society, adopting the identity of the Duc de Chateaurien to navigate its rigid codes. When he exposes a cheating duke at the gaming tables, the complications multiply: who is this mysterious Frenchman really, and can Lady Mary Carlisle love him for who he actually is? Tarkington writes with a light, deft touch, skewering English aristocratic pretension while delivering genuine romantic warmth. The result is a sparkling comedy of errors that treats its absurd premise with complete sincerity, letting the charm do the work of social critique.
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