Riddle of the Purple Emperor, The

By Hanshew, Thomas W.

Book Id: WPLBN0002954363
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Reproduction Date: 2010

Title:	Riddle of the Purple Emperor, The
Author:	Hanshew, Thomas W.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Fiction, Mystery, Fiction
Collections:	Audio Books Collection, Riddle of the Purple Emperor, The
Historic Publication Date:	1919
Publisher:	LibriVox Audio Books


Citation APA MLA Chicago W. Hanshe, B. T., & Hanshew, M. E. (1919). Riddle of the Purple Emperor, The. Retrieved from http://www.gutenberg.cc/

Description
Orphan Lady Margaret Cheyne returns home on her eighteenth birthday to live with her embittered maiden aunt and to take up her inheritance of the family jewels. The Cheyne jewels include a pendant featuring the Purple Emperor, a priceless jewel looted from a temple during the Indian Mutiny. During her time at school in Paris, Lady Margaret has met and fallen in love with Sir Edgar Brenton, the son of an old flame of her aunt and a neighbour in the village of Hampton, where Cleek's adored Ailsa Lorne has also taken up residence. Lady Margaret's return leads to a mysterious and sinister chain of events, which Cleek and Superintendent Maverick Narkom of Scotland Yard attempt to unravel, with, of course, the help of the irrepressible and ever-hungry Dollops, Cleek's cockney sidekick. This full-length mystery is a welcome return for Hamilton Cleek, whom we first met in /cleek-the-man-of-the-forty-faces-by-thomas-w-hanshew/ Cleek: The Man of the Forty Faces . (Summary by Ruth Golding)

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Electronic recorded live performance of a reading

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Mystery, Fiction