The Dark Star: A Stolen Jewel and the Coming War

· Aeneas Press
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A girl carrying papers out of Europe in 1914, a spy who wants them, and a young American who gets in the way. Chambers wrote a run of wartime thrillers in these years and this is the best paced of them. This edition adds 59 plates of painting from 1845–1920, among them Karl von Blaas, H. A. Brendekilde and František Meissl, plus one restored colour illustration.
A girl carrying papers out of Europe in 1914, a spy who wants them, and a young American who gets in the way. Chambers wrote a run of wartime thrillers in these years and this is the best paced of them. This edition adds 59 plates of painting from 1845–1920, among them Karl von Blaas, H. A. Brend...

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Robert W. Chambers (1865-1933) was an American writer born in Brooklyn who trained as an artist in Paris before turning to fiction. He is remembered now for one early book of weird tales, The King in Yellow, and was known in his lifetime for society romances and wartime thrillers. His works include The King in Yellow, The Dark Star, The Fighting Chance, and The Slayer of Souls.
Robert W. Chambers (1865-1933) was an American writer born in Brooklyn who trained as an artist in Paris before turning to fiction. He is remembered now for one early book of weird tales, The King in Yellow, and was known in his lifetime for society romances and wartime thrillers. His works inclu...

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