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    The Secret of the League - The Story of a Social War
    The Secret of the League - The Story of a Social War
    The Secret of the League - The Story of a Social War
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    The Secret of the League - The Story of a Social War

    By Ernest Bramah

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    This early work by Ernest Bramah was originally published in 1907 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introduction. 'The Secret of the League' is a dystopian novel that tells the story of a government overthrown by the upper-classes. Ernest Bramah Smith was born was near Manchester in 1868. He was a poor student, and dropped out of the Manchester Grammar School when sixteen years old to go into the farming business. Bramah found commercial and critical success with his first novel, The Wallet of Kai Lung, but it was his later stories of detective Max Carrados that assured him lasting fame.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRead Books Ltd.
    Release dateJan 18, 2016
    ISBN9781473378889
    The Secret of the League - The Story of a Social War
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    Ernest Bramah

    Ernest Bramah (1868–1942) was an English author of detective fiction.

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