The Datchet Diamonds
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The Datchet Diamonds

  1. 246 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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eBook - ePub

The Datchet Diamonds

About this book

This early work by Richard Marsh was originally published in 1898 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. A cautionary tale of Cyril Paxton - a gambler who has lost his last bet. Accidentally finding himself with of a quarter million pounds worth of stolen diamonds, the story quickly leads to his involvement with Scotland Yard's finest. Richard Bernard Heldmann - better-known by his pseudonym, Richard Marsh - was born in England in 1857. A best-selling and prolific author of the late 19th century and the Edwardian period, Marsh is best known now for his supernatural thriller novel The Beetle, which was published the same year as Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897). Richard Marsh was a versatile writer of ghost stories, horror novels, and romances, as well as thrilling mysteries like The Datchet Diamonds - which is considered to be one of the earliest modern detective novels.

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Information

Publisher
White Press
Year
2014
Print ISBN
9781473323766
eBook ISBN
9781473398542

Table of contents

  1. THE DATCHET DIAMONDS
  2. Richard Marsh
  3. CHAPTER I. TWO MEN AND A MAID
  4. CHAPTER II. OVERHEARD IN THE TRAIN
  5. CHAPTER III THE DIAMONDS
  6. CHAPTER IV. MISS WENTWORTH’S RUDENESS
  7. CHAPTER V. IN THE BODEGA
  8. CHAPTER VI. THE ADVENTURES OF A NIGHT
  9. CHAPTER VII. THE DATCHET DIAMONDS ARE PLACED IN SAFE CUSTODY
  10. CHAPTER VIII. IN THE MOMENT OF HIS SUCCESS
  11. CHAPTER IX. A PROPOSAL OF MARRIAGE
  12. CHAPTER X. CYRIL’S FRIEND
  13. CHAPTER XI. JOHN IRELAND’S WARRANT
  14. CHAPTER XII. A WOMAN ROUSED
  15. CHAPTER XIII. THE DETECTIVE AND THE LADY
  16. CHAPTER XIV. AMONG THIEVES
  17. CHAPTER XV. PUT TO THE QUESTION
  18. CHAPTER XVI. A MODERN INSTANCE OF AN ANCIENT PRACTICE
  19. CHAPTER XVII. THE MOST DANGEROUS FOR OF ALL
  20. CHAPTER XVIII. THE LAST OF THE DATCHET DIAMONDS
  21. CHAPTER XIX. A WOMAN’S LOGIC