autor: William Le Queux
![The Mysterious Mr. Miller - ebook/epub [William Le Queux] The Mysterious Mr. Miller - ebook/epub](/catalog/ebooki/1141824/1297447/cover/0/wide_williamlequeuxthemysteriousmrmiller.jpg)
William Le Queux |
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We were standing together in the small shabby bedroom of the boarding-house wherein I lived in Granville Gardens, facing the recreation ground close to Shepherd’s Bush Railway Station. The stifling July day was at an end, and the narrow room was lit by the soft hazy glow of the fast-fading London sunset. Through the open window came the shouts of children at play upon the „green” opposite, mingled with the chatter of the passers-by and the... |
![The Mysterious Three - ebook/epub [William Le Queux] The Mysterious Three - ebook/epub](/catalog/ebooki/1141806/1297429/cover/0/wide_williamlequeuxthemysteriousthree.jpg)
William Le Queux |
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We all got up from tea in the hall, made our way to the drawing-room, and thence into the morning-room, which opened out of it. There was plenty of daylight still. James came in after us, and went straight up to a framed panel portrait which stood with others on a small table in a remote corner. It showed a tall handsome, clean-shaved man of three or four and thirty, of fine physique, seated astride a chair... |
![The Veiled Man - ebook/epub [William Le Queux] The Veiled Man - ebook/epub](/catalog/ebooki/1141803/1297426/cover/0/wide_williamlequeuxtheveiledmanbeinganaccountoftherisksandadventuresofsidiahamadousheikhoftheazjarmaraudersofthegreatsahara.jpg)
William Le Queux |
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I am a Veiled Man. Openly, I confess myself a vagabond and a brigand. Living here, in the heart of the Great Desert, six moons march from Algiers, and a thousand miles beyond the French outposts, theft is, with my nomadic tribe, their natural industry–a branch of education, in fact. We augment the meagreness of our herds by extorting ransoms from some of our neighbours, and completely despoiling others... |
![The Lady in the Car - ebook/epub [William Le Queux] The Lady in the Car - ebook/epub](/catalog/ebooki/1141800/1297423/cover/0/wide_williamlequeuxtheladyinthecarinwhichtheamoursofamysteriousmotoristarerelated.jpg)
William Le Queux |
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The Prince broke open a big box of choice ‘Petroffs’, selected one, lit it slowly, and walked pensively to the window. He was in a good mood that morning, for he had just got rid of a troublesome visitor. |
![The Mystery of the Green Ray - ebook/epub [William Le Queux] The Mystery of the Green Ray - ebook/epub](/catalog/ebooki/1141778/1297401/cover/0/wide_williamlequeuxthemysteryofthegreenray.jpg)
William Le Queux |
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The youth in the multi-coloured blazer laughed. „You’d have to come and be a nurse,” he suggested. „Oh, I’d go as a drummer-boy. I’d look fine in uniform, wouldn’t I? „ the waitress simpered in return. Dennis Burnham swallowed his liqueur in one savage gulp, pushed back his chair, and rose from the table. |
![The Lost Million - ebook/epub [William Le Queux] The Lost Million - ebook/epub](/catalog/ebooki/1141766/1297389/cover/0/wide_williamlequeuxthelostmillion.jpg)
William Le Queux |
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”See! It’s–it’s in my kit-bag, over there! The thing–the Thing at which the whole world will stand aghast! „ The thin, white-faced, grey-bearded man lying on his back in bed roused himself with difficulty, and with skinny finger pointed at his strong but battered old leather bag lying in the corner of the small hotel bedroom. |
![Stolen Souls - ebook/epub [William Le Queux] Stolen Souls - ebook/epub](/catalog/ebooki/1141826/1297449/cover/0/wide_williamlequeuxstolensouls.jpg)
William Le Queux |
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Wrapped in furs until only my nose and eyes were visible, I was walking along the Nevski Prospekt in St. Petersburg one winter’s evening, and almost involuntarily turned into the Dominique, that fashionable restaurant which, garish in its blaze of electricity, is situated in the most frequented part of the long, broad thoroughfare. It was the dining-hour, and the place, heated by high, grotesquely-ornamented stoves... |
![The Great Court Scandal - ebook/epub [William Le Queux] The Great Court Scandal - ebook/epub](/catalog/ebooki/1141762/1297385/cover/0/wide_williamlequeuxthegreatcourtscandal.jpg)
William Le Queux |
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”The Ladybird will refuse to have anything to do with the affair, my dear fellow. It touches a woman’s honour, and I know her too well.” „Bah! We’ll compel her to help us. She must.” „She wouldn’t risk it,” declared Harry Kinder, shaking his head. „Risk it! Well, we’ll have to risk something! We’re in a nice hole just now! Our traps at the Grand, with a bill of two thousand seven hundred francs to pay... |
![At the Sign of the Sword - ebook/epub [William Le Queux] At the Sign of the Sword - ebook/epub](/catalog/ebooki/1141761/1297384/cover/0/wide_williamlequeuxatthesignofthesword.jpg)
William Le Queux |
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Warm, brilliant, and cloudless was the July noon. Beneath the summer sun the broad, shallow waters of the Meuse sparkled as they rippled swiftly onward through the deep, winding valley of grey rocks and cool woods on their way from the mountains of Lorraine, through peaceful, prosperous Belgium, towards the sea. |
![The Great War in England in 1897 - ebook/epub [William Le Queux] The Great War in England in 1897 - ebook/epub](/catalog/ebooki/1141755/1297378/cover/0/wide_williamlequeuxthegreatwarinenglandin1897.jpg)
William Le Queux |
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Though it was a gay comic opera that was being performed for the first time, entertainers and entertained lost all interest in each other. They were amazed, dismayed, awestricken. Amusement was nauseating; War, with all its attendant horrors, was actually upon them! The popular tenor, one of the idols of the hour, blundered over his lines and sang terribly out of tune, but the hypercritical first-night audience passed the defect unnoticed... |
![The Gay Triangle - ebook/epub [William Le Queux] The Gay Triangle - ebook/epub](/catalog/ebooki/1141754/1297377/cover/0/wide_williamlequeuxthegaytriangletheromanceofthefirstairadventurers.jpg)
William Le Queux |
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From a derelict shed adjoining a lonely road which stretched for miles across the Norfolk fens, a strange shape slid silently into the night mist. It was a motor-car of an unfamiliar design. The body, of gleaming aluminium, was of unusual width, and was lifted high above the delicate chassis and spidery bicycle wheels that seemed almost too fragile to bear the weight of an engine. |
![The Count’s Chauffeur - ebook/epub [William Le Queux] The Count’s Chauffeur - ebook/epub](/catalog/ebooki/1141751/1297374/cover/0/wide_williamlequeuxthecountschauffeurbeingtheconfessionsofgeorgeewartchauffeurtocountbindodiferraris.jpg)
William Le Queux |
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When I was fourteen, we moved to London with my father. He became an agent on Wood Street, City, representing a large silk maker in Lyon. At the age of twenty, I worked in an office with dusty books and a large armchair that I did not really like. I was always interested in mechanics, but my father did not perceive her as a profession and wanted me to walk in his footsteps. |
![Her Royal Highness - ebook/epub [William Le Queux] Her Royal Highness - ebook/epub](/catalog/ebooki/1141749/1297372/cover/0/wide_williamlequeuxherroyalhighnessaromanceofthechancelleriesofeurope.jpg)
William Le Queux |
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A large, square wooden veranda covered by a red and white awning, above a wide silent sweep of flowing river, whose huge rocks, worn smooth through a thousand ages, raised their backs about the stream, a glimpse of green feathery palms and flaming scarlet poinsettias on the island opposite, and beyond the great drab desert, the illimitable waste of stony, undulating sands stretching away to the infinite... |
![As We Forgive Them - ebook/epub [William Le Queux] As We Forgive Them - ebook/epub](/catalog/ebooki/1141748/1297371/cover/0/wide_williamlequeuxasweforgivethem.jpg)
William Le Queux |
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To allow so young and delicate a girl to tramp England aimlessly in search of some vague and secret information which seemed to be her erratic father’s object, was, we decided, an utter impossibility; therefore, following that night of our first meeting at Helpstone, Burton and his daughter remained our guests for a week, and, after many consultations and some little economies, we were at last successful in placing Mabel at school... |
![If Sinners Entice Thee - ebook/epub [William Le Queux] If Sinners Entice Thee - ebook/epub](/catalog/ebooki/1141746/1297369/cover/0/wide_williamlequeuxifsinnersenticethee.jpg)
William Le Queux |
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Then it’s an entire mystery? „Yes, Phrida.” „But it’s astounding! It really seems so utterly impossible,” declared my well-beloved, amazed at what I had just related. „I’ve simply stated hard facts.” „But there’s been nothing about this affair in the papers.” „For certain reasons the authorities are not exactly anxious for any publicity. It is a very puzzling problem, and they do not care to own themselves baffled... |
![The Golden Face - ebook/epub [William Le Queux] The Golden Face - ebook/epub](/catalog/ebooki/1141744/1297367/cover/0/wide_williamlequeuxthegoldenfaceagreatcrookromance.jpg)
William Le Queux |
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Imagine an organized gang of thieves, ruthless, working together like a modern machine, run by one man referred to only as „Golden Face.'This tale inexorably takes you step-by-step into the organization, as we follow the main character’s fall into the underworld of crime.Takes place around the 1900s, but action packed and loaded with intrigue; even room for a budding romance in with all the twists and turns of the story... |
![The Invasion of 1910 - ebook/epub [William Le Queux, H.W. Wilson] The Invasion of 1910 - ebook/epub](/catalog/ebooki/1141742/1297365/cover/0/wide_19140williamhwlequeuxwilsontheinvasionof1910.jpg)
William Le Queux, H.W. Wilson |
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„The Invasion of 1910” is a novel written mainly by William Le Queux (along with H. W. Wilson providing the naval chapters). It is centered on an invasion by the Germans, who have managed to land a sizable invasion force on the East Coast of England. They reach London and occupy half the city. A junior Member of Parliament organizes a resistance movement, the „League of Defenders” and the Germans seem unable to combat this and tighten their... |
![The Day of Temptation - ebook/epub [William Le Queux] The Day of Temptation - ebook/epub](/catalog/ebooki/1141738/1297361/cover/0/wide_williamlequeuxthedayoftemptationastoryoftwocities.jpg)
William Le Queux |
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The style ofThe Day of Temptationis very melodramatic and overwritten – adjectives and adverbs abound to the confusion of the reader. The book is very much set in high society and sometimes reminds me of the immortal Daisy Ashford – I’m sure books like this were among her inspiration. |
![The Eye of Istar - ebook/epub [William Le Queux] The Eye of Istar - ebook/epub](/catalog/ebooki/1141737/1297360/cover/0/wide_williamlequeuxtheeyeofistararomanceofthelandofnoreturn.jpg)
William Le Queux |
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Thrice hath the Fast of Ramadan come and gone since the Granter of Requests last allowed my eyes to behold the well-remembered landscape, scarcely visible in the pale light of dawn. Hills, covered with tall feathery palms, rose abruptly from the barren, sun-scorched plain, and, at their foot, stood the dazzlingly-white city of Omdurman, the impregnable and mysterious headquarters of Mahdiism, while beyond... |
![The House of Whispers - ebook/epub [William Le Queux] The House of Whispers - ebook/epub](/catalog/ebooki/1141736/1297359/cover/0/wide_williamlequeuxthehouseofwhispers.jpg)
William Le Queux |
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No second glance was needed to realise the pitiful truth. The man seated there in his fine library, with the summer sunset slanting across the red carpet from the open French windows, was blind. Since his daughter Gabrielle had been a pretty, prattling child of nine, nursing her dolly, he had never looked upon her fair face. But he was ever as devoted to her as she to him. |
![The Bond of Black - ebook/epub [William Le Queux] The Bond of Black - ebook/epub](/catalog/ebooki/1141735/1297358/cover/0/wide_williamlequeuxthebondofblack.jpg)
William Le Queux |
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In this story I have dealt with an extraordinary phase of modern life in London, which to the majority will come as a startling revelation. Some will, perhaps, declare that no such amazing state of things exists in this, the most enlightened age the world has known. To such, I can only assert that in this decadent civilisation of ours the things which I have described actually take place in secret... |
![The Doctor of Pimlico - ebook/epub [William Le Queux] The Doctor of Pimlico - ebook/epub](/catalog/ebooki/1141734/1297357/cover/0/wide_williamlequeuxthedoctorofpimlicobeingthedisclosureofagreatcrime.jpg)
William Le Queux |
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A grey, sunless morning on the Firth of Tay. Across a wide, sandy waste stretching away to the misty sea at Budden, four men were walking. Two wore uniform–one an alert, grey-haired general, sharp and brusque in manner, with many war ribbons across his tunic; the other a tall, thin-faced staff captain, who wore the tartan of the Gordon Highlanders. With them were two civilians, both in rough shooting-jackets and breeches... |
![In White Raiment - ebook/epub [William Le Queux] In White Raiment - ebook/epub](/catalog/ebooki/1141733/1297356/cover/0/wide_williamlequeuxinwhiteraiment.jpg)
William Le Queux |
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So strange, indeed, were all the circumstances, and so startling the adventures that befell me in my search after truth, that until to-day I have hesitated to relate the narrative, which is as extraordinary as it is unique in the history of any living man. If it were not for the fact that a certain person actively associated with this curious drama of our latter day civilisation, has recently passed to the land that lies beyond the human ken... |
![The Bomb-Makers - ebook/epub [William Le Queux] The Bomb-Makers - ebook/epub](/catalog/ebooki/1141732/1297355/cover/0/wide_williamlequeuxthebomb.jpg)
William Le Queux |
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Being some Curious Records concerning the Craft and Cunning of Theodore Drost, an enemy alien in London, together with certain Revelations regarding his daughter Ella The pair had been discussing certain schemes to the detriment of the English: schemes which, in the main, depended upon the crafty old Drost’s expert knowledge of high-explosives. |
![The Hunchback of Westminster - ebook/epub [William Le Queux] The Hunchback of Westminster - ebook/epub](/catalog/ebooki/1141731/1297354/cover/0/wide_williamlequeuxthehunchbackofwestminster.jpg)
William Le Queux |
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Up to that time, I remember, my big brass plate, with the legend „Mr Hugh Glynn, Secret Investigator,” had only succeeded in drawing a very average and ordinary amount of business. True, I had had several profitable cases in which wives wanted to know what happened to their husbands when they didn’t come home at the usual hours, and employers were anxious to discover certain leakages through which had disappeared a percentage of their cash;... |
![The Broken Thread - ebook/epub [William Le Queux] The Broken Thread - ebook/epub](/catalog/ebooki/1141730/1297353/cover/0/wide_williamlequeuxthebrokenthread.jpg)
William Le Queux |
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On this particular morning, about ten o’clock, the seafront was already full of men in flannels and lounge-suits, and women in garments of muslin and other such flimsy materials usually affected at the seaside, for stifled and jaded Londoners had flocked down there, as usual, to enjoy the sea air and all the varied attractions which Southport never fails to offer. |
![The Four Faces - ebook/epub [William Le Queux] The Four Faces - ebook/epub](/catalog/ebooki/1141729/1297352/cover/0/wide_williamlequeuxthefourfacesamystery.jpg)
William Le Queux |
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Michael Berrington is a bachelor leading a quiet life in London. Overhearing a conversation at his club one day, he becomes interested in a discussion regarding a man named Gastrell. Gastrell is somewhat of a mystery to the club members in spite of his renting a house from one of them. Berrington’s interest in Gastrell intensifies as his fiancé, Dulcie Challoner, befriends a wealthy widow, Mrs... |
![The Closed Book - ebook/epub [William Le Queux] The Closed Book - ebook/epub](/catalog/ebooki/1141728/1297351/cover/0/wide_williamlequeuxtheclosedbookconcerningthesecretoftheborgias.jpg)
William Le Queux |
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These strange facts would never have been placed on record, nor would this exciting chapter of an eventful life have been written, except for two reasons: first, because the discovery I made has been declared to be of considerable importance to scientists, bibliophiles, and the world at large; and, secondly, because it is my dear wife’s wish that in order to clear her in the eyes of both friends and foes nothing should be concealed... |
![The Great White Queen - ebook/epub [William Le Queux] The Great White Queen - ebook/epub](/catalog/ebooki/1141727/1297350/cover/0/wide_williamlequeuxthegreatwhitequeenataleoftreasureandtreason.jpg)
William Le Queux |
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Our hero, Richard Scarsmere, befriends an individual (Omar) at an English boarding school who turns out to be an African prince from a kingdom called Mo. Omar receives a visit from one of his mother’s trusted advisers. His mother, the Great White Queen, seeks him to return home immediately. Omar convinces Scarsmere to return to Africa with him since there is little opportunity awaiting him in London... |
![Of Royal Blood - ebook/epub [William Le Queux] Of Royal Blood - ebook/epub](/catalog/ebooki/1141726/1297349/cover/0/wide_williamlequeuxofroyalbloodastoryofthesecretservice.jpg)
William Le Queux |
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„It is imperative that active steps must be taken to preserve England’s supremacy, and at the same time frustrate this aggressive policy towards us which is undoubtedly growing. I need not tell you that the outlook is far from reassuring. As a diplomatist you know that as well as I do. The war-cloud which rose over Europe at the end of the last Administration is still darkening. It therefore behoves us to avoid a repetition of the recent fiasco... |