The Old Man in the Corner
by:
Emmuska Orczy (author)
Baroness Emmuska Orczy (1865 – 1947) was a Hungarian-born British author and artist best known for writing the Scarlet Pimpernel series, a historical fiction that takes place during the French Revolution. Orczy was also a prolific writer of detective fiction and is still one of the most popular...
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Baroness Emmuska Orczy (1865 – 1947) was a Hungarian-born British author and artist best known for writing the Scarlet Pimpernel series, a historical fiction that takes place during the French Revolution. Orczy was also a prolific writer of detective fiction and is still one of the most popular authors today.
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Format: Kindle Edition
ISBN:
9781518363375
ASIN: B01AAPZ37E
Publish date: 2016-01-08
Publisher: Clue Publishing
Pages no: 211
Edition language: English
This is a collection of twelve stories taken from the first two (of three) books featuring the "Old Man in the Corner," one of Emmuska Orczy's very first literary creations and -- but for Edgar Allan Poe's M. Dupin (who solves the Mystery of Marie Rogêt solely based on a number of newspaper articles...