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An African Millionaire: Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay

An African Millionaire: Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay

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Number of Chapters: 12

Length: 07 hours and 43 minutes

Language: English

"My name is Seymour Wilbraham Wentworth. I am brother-in-law and secretary to Sir Charles Vandrift, the South African millionaire and famous financier. Many years ago, when Charlie Vandrift was a small lawyer in Cape Town, I had the (qualified) good fortune to marry his sister. Much later, when the Vandrift estate and farm near Kimberley developed by degrees into the Cloetedorp Golcondas, Limited, my brother-in-law offered me the not unremunerative post of secretary; in which capacity I have ever since been his constant and attached companion." An illustrious scientist, Allen came to fiction as a more lucrative avenue than more serious writing. As well as writing ghost and detective stories, he introduced us to the illustrious Colonel Clay, a precursor of other gentleman rogue characters; he notably bears a strong resemblance to Maurice Leblanc's Arsène Lupin, introduced some years later. - Summary by Lynne Thompson, quote from the first chapter

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The Episode of the Mexican Seer (L0ki)
The Episode of the Diamond Links (Kirsten Wever)
The Episode of the Old Master (Kirsten Wever)
The Episode of the Tyrolean Castle (L0ki)
The Episode of the Drawn Game (Kirsten Wever)
The Episode of the German Professor (Kirsten Wever)
The Episode of the Arrest of the Colonel (Micfairy252)
The Episode of the Seldon Goldmine (L0ki)
The Episode of the Japanned Dispatch-Box (Availle)
The Episode of the Game of Poker (Kirsten Wever)
The Episode of the Bertillon Method (Kirsten Wever)
The Episode of the Old Bailey (Kirsten Wever)
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