The Mystery of the Sintra Road

by Ramalho Ortigão and Eça de Queirós

Two friends are kidnapped by several masked men, who, to judge by their manners and their accent are men of the best society. One of the friends is a doctor, and the masked men say that they need him to assist a noblewoman, who is about to give birth. When they reach the house, they find no such noblewoman, only a dead man. Another man, known only as A.M.C., bursts in at this point and declares that the man died of opium poisoning. The doctor writes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1909232297
• ISBN13: 9781909232297
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Dedalus
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.9" x 7.7"