The Old Man in the Corner: Large Print
Description
Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - The man in the corner pushed aside his glass, and leant across the table. "Mysteries " he commented. "There is no such thing as a mystery in connection with any crime, provided intelligence is brought to bear upon its investigation." Very much astonished Polly Burton looked over the top of her newspaper, and fixed a pair of very severe, coldly inquiring brown eyes upon him. She had disapproved of the man from the instant when he shuffled across the shop and sat down opposite to her, at the same marble-topped table which already held her large coffee (3d.), her roll and butter (2d.), and plate of tongue (6d.).Product Details
Price
$13.95
Publisher
1st World Library - Literary Society
Publish Date
January 12, 2005
Pages
296
Dimensions
5.5 X 0.67 X 8.5 inches | 0.83 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781421801100
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About the Author
Baroness Emmuska Orczy (1865-1947) was a British novelist and playwright of Hungarian noble origin who is most notable for her series of novels featuring the Scarlet Pimpernel.
Baroness Orczy was born in Hungary in 1865, the daughter of Baron Felix Orczy, a landed aristocrat and well-known composer and conductor. Orczy moved with her parents from Budapest to Brussels and Paris, where she was educated. She studied art in London and exhibited work in the Royal Academy. Orczy married Montagu Barstow and together they worked as illustrators and jointly published an edition of Hungarian folk tales. Orczy became famous in 1905 with the publication of The Scarlet Pimpernel (originally a play co-written with her husband). Its background of the French Revolution and swashbuckling hero, Sir Percy Blakeney, was to prove immensely popular. Sequel books followed and film and TV versions were later made. Orczy also wrote detective stories. She died in 1947.
