Freddy and Fredericka
By: Mark Helprin.
Publisher: Penguin Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 553
Subjects: Imperialism -- Fiction; Colonies -- Fiction; Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Succession -- Fiction; Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: Ridiculed by the British press, Prince of Wales Freddy and his wife, the frivolous Fredericka, are sent to colonize the barbaric land of America, during which they engage in a freight train ride, an art theft, and a wayward presidential election.