The Silent Barrier: A Woman Alone in the Swiss Alps

· Aeneas Press
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A woman traveling alone to an Alpine hotel is warned off the pass, and the reason has been waiting there for years. Tracy sets his mystery among the funiculars and table d'hote of Edwardian Switzerland, where everyone is a stranger and half of them are lying about why they came. This edition includes a gallery of 57 plates of painting from 1740 to 1868, among them works by Eduard Wallays, Giovanni Paolo Panini and Thomas Doughty.
A woman traveling alone to an Alpine hotel is warned off the pass, and the reason has been waiting there for years. Tracy sets his mystery among the funiculars and table d'hote of Edwardian Switzerland, where everyone is a stranger and half of them are lying about why they came. This edition incl...

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About the author

Louis Tracy (1863-1928) was an English journalist and novelist born in Liverpool. He worked on newspapers in India and England, founded several papers himself, and wrote adventure and detective fiction, some of it as Gordon Holmes. His works include The Wings of the Morning, The Silent Barrier, Cynthia's Chauffeur, and The Pillar of Light.
Louis Tracy (1863-1928) was an English journalist and novelist born in Liverpool. He worked on newspapers in India and England, founded several papers himself, and wrote adventure and detective fiction, some of it as Gordon Holmes. His works include The Wings of the Morning, The Silent Barrier, C...

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