Author: | Edward Phillips Oppenheim | ISBN: | 1230000247682 |
Publisher: | Sur | Publication: | June 21, 2014 |
Imprint: | Sur | Language: | English |
Author: | Edward Phillips Oppenheim |
ISBN: | 1230000247682 |
Publisher: | Sur |
Publication: | June 21, 2014 |
Imprint: | Sur |
Language: | English |
Edward Phillips Oppenheim (22 October 1866 – 3 February 1946) was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers.
Oppenheim featured on the cover of Time magazine on September 12, 1927. He was the self-styled "prince of storytellers." He composed some one hundred and fifty novels, mainly of the suspense and international intrigue nature, but including romances, comedies, and parables of everyday life. He was the earliest writer of spy fiction as understood today, and invented the "Rogue Male" school of adventure thrillers that was later exploited by John Buchan and Geoffrey Household.
Undoubtedly his most renowned work was The Great Impersonation: it was filmed thrice, the last time as a strong piece of wartime propaganda. Perhaps Oppenheim's most enduring creation is the character of General Besserley,. Much of Oppenheim's work possesses a unique escapist charm, featuring protagonists who delight in Epicurean meals, surroundings of intense luxury, and the relaxed pursuit of criminal practice, on either side of the law.
In this ebook:
The Traitors
The New Tenant
The Governors
The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton
Mr. Marx's Secret
To Win the Love He Sought
The Illustrious Prince
The Double Four
Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo
A Maker of History
The Lighted Way
The Master Mummer
The Lost Ambassador
The Evil Shepherd
Peter Ruff and the Double Four
The Betrayal
A Monk of Cruta
The Tempting of Tavernake
The Kingdom of the Blind
The Profiteers
A Prince of Sinners
A People's Man
Nobody's Man
Master of Men
Edward Phillips Oppenheim (22 October 1866 – 3 February 1946) was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers.
Oppenheim featured on the cover of Time magazine on September 12, 1927. He was the self-styled "prince of storytellers." He composed some one hundred and fifty novels, mainly of the suspense and international intrigue nature, but including romances, comedies, and parables of everyday life. He was the earliest writer of spy fiction as understood today, and invented the "Rogue Male" school of adventure thrillers that was later exploited by John Buchan and Geoffrey Household.
Undoubtedly his most renowned work was The Great Impersonation: it was filmed thrice, the last time as a strong piece of wartime propaganda. Perhaps Oppenheim's most enduring creation is the character of General Besserley,. Much of Oppenheim's work possesses a unique escapist charm, featuring protagonists who delight in Epicurean meals, surroundings of intense luxury, and the relaxed pursuit of criminal practice, on either side of the law.
In this ebook:
The Traitors
The New Tenant
The Governors
The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton
Mr. Marx's Secret
To Win the Love He Sought
The Illustrious Prince
The Double Four
Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo
A Maker of History
The Lighted Way
The Master Mummer
The Lost Ambassador
The Evil Shepherd
Peter Ruff and the Double Four
The Betrayal
A Monk of Cruta
The Tempting of Tavernake
The Kingdom of the Blind
The Profiteers
A Prince of Sinners
A People's Man
Nobody's Man
Master of Men