The Peer and the Woman - format ePub

A solitary cabin stood far away in the backwoods of Canada, outside all tracks of civilization, in a region which only the native Indians and a few daring trappers cared to penetrate. Rudely built of...

E. Phillips Oppenheim (b. 1866, d. 1946) was a British author who wrote nearly 150 novels during his career. He styled himself as the ''prince of storytellers,'' and is credited with creating the 'rogue...

The story of a gallant soldier who is dismissed his regiment, and disowned by his father, because he has been found guilty, on "false evidence," of cowardice in the field. He changes his name, and later...

E. Phillips Oppenheim (b. 1866, d. 1946) was a British author who wrote nearly 150 novels during his career. He styled himself as the ''prince of storytellers,'' and is credited with creating the 'rogue...

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English gentleman Hardross Courage has a good life. He has all the money he needs, enjoys sports and hunting, manages the family estate, and in general leads a satisfying life. On a trip to London to...

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A lively adventure of a father-daughter con team enjoying themselves in Edwardian London. - Summary by Cate Barratt

This is a story about Jacob Pratt who “stood bond” for his brother and then lost all his money and was unable to pay his debts. Two years later his brother is finally able to restore him to an enviable...

Brigadier general Andrew Tallente, late of Parliament, is implicated in the death of his male secretary, the son of a classmate at Eton. Seems the younger man may have not only been having an affair with...

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I am for England and England only, John Lutchester, the Englishman, asserted. "I am for Japan and Japan only," Nikasti, the Jap, insisted. "I am for Germany first and America afterwards," Oscar Fischer,...

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Side by side with his dignified, handsome wife, Lord Bernard Clanavon, Earl of Alceston, stood receiving his guests in the spacious corridor which led into the brilliantly-lit ball-room of his town mansion....

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Stabsarzt Major Hugh Thomson ist mit der schönen Geraldine Conyers verlobt. Angeblich ist er für die Lazarette an der Front in Frankreich zuständig, in Wirklichkeit aber für die militärische Spionageabwehr....

Aus dem Büro von Monsieur Dumesnil, dem Kassierer und allmächtigen Financier des Sporting Club, trat ein bleichgesichtiger, schlanker und nicht unterschiedslos aussehender junger Mann hervor und schloss...

"Ich möchte mein Haus verkaufen", kündigte Mr. Britton an. Der Hausmakler schaute seinen Besucher über seine Brille hinweg mit einer gewissen Überraschung an. "Aber, Mr. Britton, ich dachte, Sie hätten...

Am Zielort verließen sie den Aufzug und stiegen die letzte Treppe hinauf. Ann öffnete die Tür des Vorzimmers zum Büro und warf beim Durchschreiten des Raumes die Innentür auf. "Mr. Windergate ist hier,...

Colonel Sir Francis Worton, K.C.B, D.S.O., der seit der formellen Einweihung seiner neuen Abteilung als Q20 unter Berufskollegen offiziell bekannt war, stand vor dem offenen Fenster von Daniel Rocke's...

Ein Mann brachte gegen neun Uhr in einer wilden, stürmischen Nacht seinen Ford-Motorwagen vor einem Schild auf dem trostlosesten Teil der Salisbury Ebene zum Stehen. Der Wind dröhnte wie eine unaufhörliche...

"Sie haben diesen Burschen zwei oder drei Mal in die Enge getrieben und ihn entkommen lassen. Windergate hätte ihn niemals durch die Finger gleiten lassen dürfen, als er ihn in diesem Haus auf der Salisbury-Ebene...

Der junge Mann starrte ihn einen Moment lang müde an. "Sind Sie verrückt?", fragte er schließlich ... "Nicht verrückt", leugnete Londe ernsthaft, "obwohl ich mich leider wegen einer kleinen Schwäche schuldig...

Judith lachte maßlos, lachte, bis die Tränen in ihren Augen standen. Londe wartete geduldig auf ihr Urteil. Als es kam, überraschte es ihn. "Und du nennst mich weich!", rief sie spöttisch aus. "Du nennst...

Ein junger Mann, der gerade erst in Monte Carlo angekommen war, schlenderte an einem strahlenden Februarmorgen gegen halb eins an der Arkade entlang in Richtung Giro's Restaurant, mit der Absicht, einen...

"Beeil dich, Joseph! Ich muss dir etwas zeigen." ... "Nun, was willst du mir zeigen", fragte er abwesend und beobachtete die Rundung von Judiths weißem Arm, als sie die Kaffeekanne anhob. Mit der anderen...

"Judith", gestand er, "ich habe schreckliche Stunden verbracht.... "Was haben wir getan? Warum verstecken wir uns? Mein Gehirn ist voll von verschwommenen Gedanken. Ich habe den Alptraum des Chirurgen...

"Was für einen Unfug wollen Sie von mir?", fragte Daniel - vergeblich versuchte er, sich aufzusetzen. "Nur um einen Blick auf Ihr Gehirn zu werfen", war die angenehme Antwort. "Mein - mein was?" Daniel...

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