The Little Lame Prince

The Little Lame Prince by the English novelist and poet, Dinah Maria Mulock Craik.This book is a story for children and first published in 1875.In the story, the young Prince Dolor, whose legs are paralysed due to a childhood trauma, is exiled to a tower in a wasteland. As he grows older, a fairy godmother provides a magical travelling cloak so he can see, but not touch, the world. He uses this cloak to go on various adventures, and develops great wisdom and empathy in the process. Finally he becomes a wise and compassionate ruler of his own land.