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An African Millionaire (Penguin Classics) Paperback - 2012
by Allen, Grant; Hoppenstand, Gary [Introduction]
- Used
- Paperback
An excellent addition to Penguin's crime classics: the tantalizing tale of Colonel Clay, literature's first gentleman rogue.
Wealthy, confident and handsome, Sir Charles Van Drift spends his time jetting to exotic locales with his wife and in-laws. But on one fateful trip to the Riviera, Van Drift meets his match in Colonel Clay. Posing alternately as a seer, a curate, and a German professor, the master of disguise swindles Van Drift through three continents and poses a serious risk to his South African diamond fortune. Colonel Clay, the notorious con artist and thief, has triumphed. But who is this master of disguise, really?
First serialized in The Strand in 1896, the adventures that comprise An African Millionaire are widely regarded as the first to feature a criminal protagonist and will be greeted enthusiastically by fans and scholars of classic crime fiction.
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- Title An African Millionaire (Penguin Classics)
- Author Allen, Grant; Hoppenstand, Gary [Introduction]
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reissue
- Condition New
- Pages 208
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Classics, London
- Date 2012-02-28
- Features Bibliography, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 0143106570_used
- ISBN 9780143106579 / 0143106570
- Weight 0.37 lbs (0.17 kg)
- Dimensions 7.73 x 5.13 x 0.56 in (19.63 x 13.03 x 1.42 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Mystery fiction
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011045212
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Summary
An excellent addition to Penguin's crime classics: the tantalizing tale of Colonel Clay, literature's first gentleman rogue.
Wealthy, confident and handsome, Sir Charles Van Drift spends his time jetting to exotic locales with his wife and in-laws. But on one fateful trip to the Riviera, Van Drift meets his match in Colonel Clay. Posing alternately as a seer, a curate, and a German professor, the master of disguise swindles Van Drift through three continents and poses a serious risk to his South African diamond fortune. Colonel Clay, the notorious con artist and thief, has triumphed. But who is this master of disguise, really?
First serialized in The Strand in 1896, the adventures that comprise An African Millionaire are widely regarded as the first to feature a criminal protagonist and will be greeted enthusiastically by fans and scholars of classic crime fiction.