📖 By Royal Command

This book, "By Royal Command" is set in 1934. James first is on the train going to Austria for a school skiing trip. When skiing, he finds out that one of his classmates is drunk. His skii broke and he injures himself to save the drunk classmate. When he is at the hospital, James hears a man complaining that their cousin, "Jurgen" is going to be killed who ends up being Graf Otto von Schlick. James goes back to Eton after recovery and is introduced to the new maid, Roan Power. As they fall in love, Roan takes James to meet her friend Dandy O' Keefe where he accidentally meets Princesses Elizabeth and Mary, but isn't aware of it yet. A few days pass, and James finds out he received an invitation to a party hosted by the Prince of Wales. He goes and meets Graf Otto von Schlick. A few days later, King George V comes to Eton to visit. As James is pushing through the crowd, he is knocked unconscious by Dandy who explains to him that he is going to assasinate the king by blowing up the church of Eton, then framing James for doing it as a beginning to a communist revolution. James escapes the cell and Roan tells James that she and the others are working for a Communist agent. As James slowly discovers the gravity of the situation, he secretly devises a plan to save the king's life, while risking his own life in the process. Will he succeed? I would recommend this book because it ultimately connects the entire series together. It features characters from all the books including the first book, and is extremely well written.

这本书《奉皇室之命》的故事背景设定在1934年。詹姆斯第一次坐火车去奥地利参加学校的滑雪旅行。在滑雪时,他发现一个同学喝醉了。他的滑雪板坏了,为了救那个喝醉的同学,他自己也受了伤。在医院里,詹姆斯听到一个男人抱怨说,他们的表弟"尤尔根"即将被杀,而尤尔根最终就是奥托·冯·石里克伯爵。 詹姆斯康复后回到伊顿公学,结识了新女仆罗恩·鲍尔。两人坠入爱河后,罗恩带詹姆斯去见她的朋友丹迪·奥基夫,詹姆斯在那里意外结识了伊丽莎白公主和玛丽公主,但他当时对此浑然不知。几天后,詹姆斯发现自己收到了威尔士亲王举办的派对邀请。他去拜见了奥托·冯·石里克伯爵。几天后,国王乔治五世来到伊顿公学。詹姆斯挤过人群时,被丹迪打昏。丹迪告诉他,他要炸毁伊顿公学的教堂来暗杀国王,并诬陷詹姆斯此举是共产主义革命的先兆。詹姆斯逃出牢房,罗恩告诉詹姆斯,她和其他人正在为一名共产党特工工作。詹姆斯逐渐意识到事态的严重性,于是暗中制定了一个拯救国王生命的计划,尽管他冒着生命危险。他能成功吗? 我推荐这本书,因为它最终把整个系列串联起来。书中的人物涵盖了包括第一部在内的所有书籍,而且写得非常好。