The Black Prince the Masonic experience is the

the Masonic experience is the human quest for self-realization and self-expression

New York Times bestselling author of Girl With a Pearl Earring and At the Edge of the Orchard Tracy Chevalier makes her first fictional foray into the American past in The Last Runaway

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—Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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The Black Prince the Masonic experience is theBradley Pearson, an unsuccessful novelist in his late fifties, has finally left his dull office job as an Inspector of Taxes. Bradley hopes to retire to the country, but predatory friends and relations dash his hopes of a peaceful retirement. He is tormented by his melancholic sister, who has decided to come live with him; his ex wife, who has infuriating hopes of redeeming the past; her delinquent brother, who wants money and emotional