Romance of Atlantis

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The Romance of Atlantis is a fantasy novel by Taylor Caldwell about the ancient, erudite, and highly advanced civilisation of Atlantis.

Taylor Caldwell wrote this novel when she was twelve years old, and had attempted to publish it through her uncle's publishing company, but he accused her of plagiarism because it seemed impossible that a twelve year old could have written such an advanced book ^[1], and it lay unpublished until 1975, when Caldwell resurrected it with the assistance of Jess Stearn, and it was finally published. Caldwell based this book on a reoccurring dream she was having every night for a consistent 2 years, each night the dream picking up where it left off the last night. The dream was so real, that she began to believe that it was her real life.

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Atlantis is ruled by the beautiful and intelligent Empress Salustra. The fate of the Empire will be decided by an arranged marriage with the ruler of a less advanced, semi-barbarian northern kingdom, as the advanced technology of Atlantis is powerless against strange environmental and ecological disasters.