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    The Lost Million
    The Lost Million
    The Lost Million
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    The Lost Million

    By William Le Queux

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 27, 2013
    The Lost Million
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    William Le Queux

    William Le Queux (1864-1927) was an Anglo-French journalist, novelist, and radio broadcaster. Born in London to a French father and English mother, Le Queux studied art in Paris and embarked on a walking tour of Europe before finding work as a reporter for various French newspapers. Towards the end of the 1880s, he returned to London where he edited Gossip and Piccadilly before being hired as a reporter for The Globe in 1891. After several unhappy years, he left journalism to pursue his creative interests. Le Queux made a name for himself as a leading writer of popular fiction with such espionage thrillers as The Great War in England in 1897 (1894) and The Invasion of 1910 (1906). In addition to his writing, Le Queux was a notable pioneer of early aviation and radio communication, interests he maintained while publishing around 150 novels over his decades long career.

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      Tells of Lionel Kemball's adventures after agreeing to help the dying Mr. Arnold to tie up several important matters. In doing this Kemball finds himself drawn into a web of crime and intrigue. A master criminal dogs his steps and a 'thing' known as the 'death hand' kills again and again. The key to the whole affair appears to reside inside a sealed cylinder dating from Ancient Egyptian times. Needles to say all comes out well in the end with Kemball not only solving the mystery,but getting the girl as well.

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