An African millionaire
Subtitle: episodes in the life of  the illustrious Colonel Clay
By: Grant Allen ; introduction by Gary Hoppenstand
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 182
ISBN-13: 9780143106579
Subjects: FICTION / Classics; FICTION / Crime
Description: "A genre classic, Grant Allen's AN AFRICAN MILLIONAIRE is the perfect addition to our mini library of classic crime fiction. Wealthy, confident, and handsome, Charles Van Drift is not accustomed to being swindled and his brush with Colonel Clay both rattles and infuriates him. As his South African diamond fortune takes hit after hit from the quick-witted master of disguise, Allen leaves even the reader guessing: whom can you trust? Van Drift grows more suspicious of those around him and a few too many misguided accusations shake the millionaire's confidence. Colonel Clay is in his head. Gary Hoppenstand contributes an introduction discussing the reception of the work when it was first serialized in THE STRAND and the significance of Colonel Clay as the first recurring gentleman rogue"--