| An African Millionaire by Grant Allen, Fiction, Mystery & Detective Contributor(s): Allen, Grant (Author) |
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ISBN: 1592245021 ISBN-13: 9781592245024 Publisher: Wildside Press OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2003 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: When they first ran into the man he called himself "The Mexican Seer," and he had seen Sir Charles Vandrift coming, that was certain. The Seer (he was known to the French authorities as Colonel Clay, and he was a renowned master of disguise) sought him on a trip to the Riveria. Clay set Sir Chrales up, and picked his pocket of a neat ?5000 -- and in the bargain left Sir Charles thinking it was all his own idea! In the morning, of course -- when he discovered his pocket had been picked -- Sir Charles set off to show the man a thing or two. He'd've done better to sigh and write off the loss, of course. But it wasn't in him to walk away from the villain; and Clay had seen that, too. By the time it was all said and done Cay would cost Sir Charles Vandrift a fortune not even a wealthy man can bear to lose. . . . |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.53" H x 6" W x 9" (0.76 lbs) 232 pages |
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| Publisher Description: When they first ran into the man he called himself "The Mexican Seer," and he had seen Sir Charles Vandrift coming, that was certain. The Seer (he was known to the French authorities as Colonel Clay, and he was a renowned master of disguise) sought him on a trip to the Riveria. Clay set Sir Chrales up, and picked his pocket of a neat ?5000 -- and in the bargain left Sir Charles thinking it was all his own idea In the morning, of course -- when he discovered his pocket had been picked -- Sir Charles set off to show the man a thing or two. He'd've done better to sigh and write off the loss, of course. But it wasn't in him to walk away from the villain; and Clay had seen that, too. By the time it was all said and done Cay would cost Sir Charles Vandrift a fortune not even a wealthy man can bear to lose. . . . |
Contributor Bio(s): Allen, Grant: - "Charles Grant Blairfindie Allen (1848 - 1899) was a Canadian science writer and novelist and a proponent of the theory of evolution. Allen was born near Kingston, Canada West (known as Ontario after Confederation), the second son of Catharine Ann Grant and the Rev. Joseph Antisell Allen, a Protestant minister from Dublin, Ireland. Allen was educated at home until, at age 13, he and his parents moved to the United States, then to France and finally to the United Kingdom. He was educated at King Edward's School in Birmingham and at Merton College in Oxford, both in the United Kingdom. After graduation, Allen studied in France, taught at Brighton College in 1870-71 and in his mid-twenties became a professor at Queen's College, a black college in Jamaica. Despite his religious father, Allen became an agnostic and a socialist. After leaving his professorship, in 1876 he returned to England, where he turned his talents to writing, gaining a reputation for his essays on science and for literary works." |