An Amiable Charlatan

by E Phillips Oppenheim

Overview

Oppenheim tells a good story - a little romance, a little adventure - turn of the century tales of success and failure, gain and loss. A best-selling British author, E. Phillips Oppenheim (1866-1946) published over 150 books and countless magazine stories between 1884 and 1946. While most often identified as a mystery writer, Oppenheim's novels range from spy thrillers to romance. All of them have, however, an undertone of intrigue. He was a prolific author and a pioneer of the 'thriller' genre.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783732682942
Publisher:	Outlook Verlag
Publication date:	05/23/2018
Pages:	182
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

Phillips Oppenheim was born on October 22, 1866, in Tohhenham, London, England, to Henrietta Susannah Temperley Budd and Edward John Oppenheim, a leather retailer. After leaving school at age 17, he helped his father in his leather business and used to write in his extra time. His first novel, Expiration (1886), and subsequent thrillers piqued the interest of a wealthy New York businessman who eventually bought out the leather business and made Oppenheim a high-paid director.He is more focused on dedicating most of his time to writing. The novels, volumes of short stories, and plays that followed, numbering more than 150, were about humans with modern heroes, fearless spies, and stylish noblemen. The Long Arm of Mannister (1910), The Moving Finger (1911), and The Great Impersonation (1920) are three of his most famous essays.

Table of Contents

I	The Man at Stephano's	1
II	The Coup in the Gambling Den	17
III	Cullen Gives Advice	40
IV	The Wooing of Eve	71
V	Mr. Samuelson	91
VI	The Party at the Milan	105
VII	"One of Us"	115
VIII	At the Alhambra	126
IX	The Exposure	139
X	A Broken Partnership	153
XI	Mr. Bundercombe's Wink	179
XII	The Emancipation of Louis	213
XIII	"The Shorn Lamb"	232
XIV	Mr. Bundercombe's Love Affair	258
XV	Lord Porthoning's Lesson	286