The Cardboard Crown

The Cardboard Crown
First edition
AuthorMartin Boyd
Cover artistLeslie Wood
LanguageEnglish
SeriesLangton Tetralogy
PublisherCresset Press, London
Publication date
1952
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages256 pp
Preceded bySuch Pleasure 
Followed byA Difficult Young Man 

The Cardboard Crown (1952) is a novel by Australian writer Martin Boyd. It is the first in the author's "Langton Tetralogy" (which comprises The Cardboard Crown, A Difficult Young Man, Outbreak of Love and When Blackbirds Sing).