DENNIS WHEATLEY, The Dark Secret Of Josephine (1955 - 1st) Roger Brook 5 - HB/DJ
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The Dark Secret of Josephine
Wheatley, DennisPublished by Hutchinson, London (1955). First Edition hardcover with an unclipped jacket. Spine ends a little bumped. Jacket unclipped, protected in a removable sleeve. Bound in black boards. Dust wrapper designed by Sax. Illustrated end-papers. 448 pages. Cr 8vo. Jacket with minor edgewear. Closed edges toned, pages are otherwise clean and tight.--------------------------------------------Roger Brook - Prime Minister Pitt's mos...t daring and resourceful secret agent - had sailed for the West Indies with a party that included three beautiful women. His purpose: pleasure. But the Caribbean, blue seas, lush tropical islands and palm-shaded beaches, was infested with pirates. The slaves of the 'Sugar islands' were in revolt. All this Roger Brook encountered. But also he uncovered a mysterious episode in the early life of the Empress Josephine - a mystery that had its effect on the Parisian intrigues that led to Napoleon receiving his first great command: the Army of Italy. A mystery that tied together many strange scenes and unlikely events.
---------------------------------------------Dennis Yates Wheatley was born in London, the son of a wine merchant. In 1926 his father died, leaving him as the sole owner of the family wine business. In the early thirties he had to sell the business and became nearly bankrupt. His first published novel The Forbidden Territory was an immediate success. It was translated in many languages and the film rights were bought by Alfred Hitchcock. His prolific output of stylish thrillers and occult novels made him one of the world's best-selling authors in the 1950s and 1960s.
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