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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for... Read Full Overview

DescriptionA novel that includes a little romance, a little adventure with turn of the century tales of success and failure, gain and loss.

Mr. Oppenheim almost persuades us into the belief that he has really been able to break down the wall of secrecy which always surrounds the construction of a Cabinet, and has decided to make an exposure on the lines of a well-known American writer. He also touches upon the evils... Read Full Overview

Mannering is content with his country life in England. His life is one of leisure and study and his health is robust. His teenaged niece Clara lives with him and a beautiful widow, Berenice, is spending some vacation time nearby.But Borrowdean knows Mannering is needed in London... Read Full Overview

Mannering is content with his country life in England. His life is one of leisure and study and his health is robust. His teenaged niece Clara lives with him and a beautiful widow, Berenice, is spending some vacation time nearby. But Borrowdean knows Mannering is needed in London... Read Full Overview

The two men stood upon the top of a bank bordering the rough road which led to the sea. They were listening to the lark, which had risen fluttering from their feet a moment or so ago, and was circling now above their heads. Mannering, with a quiet smile, pointed upwards. "There,... Read Full Overview

The two men stood upon the top of a bank bordering the rough road which led to the sea.They were listening to the lark, which had risen fluttering from their feet a moment or soago, and was circling now above their heads. Mannering, with a quiet smile, pointedupwards."There,... Read Full Overview

Edward Phillips Oppenheim (1866-1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers. Featured on the cover of Time magazine in 1918, he was the self-styled "prince of storytellers. " He composed more than a hundred... Read Full Overview

E. Phillips Oppenheim (1866 1946) was one of the most popular and successful writers of spy fiction in the early twentieth century, and was known in his time as the Prince of Storytellers. He was the author of more than 100 novels. Edward Phillips Oppenheim (22 October 1866 -... Read Full Overview

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