Clouston subtitled this book "Being a bald yet veracious chronicle containing some further particulars of two gentlemen whose previous careers were touched upon in a tome entitled The Lunatic at Large." In some respects, that sums the book up well -- but you'd have to read it well to see how it catches the way he tells a story. Sigh. Oh well. clouston had a wit, and he had an interesting career. Two of his books, His First Offense and The Spy in Black, were made into major motion pictures by directors Marcel Carné and Michael Powell, respectively. Clouston was born in Cumberland, England; though his family came from Orkney and he spent most of his life there. His books include Vanrad the Viking (1898); and The Lunatic at Large (1899).
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It is only with the politest affectation of interest, as a rule, that English Society learns the arrival in its midst of an ordinary Continental nobleman; but the announcement that the Baron Rudolph von Blitzenberg had been appointed attache to the German embassy at the Court of St. James was unquestionably received with a certain flutter of excitement. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Lord Tulliwuddle, Count Bunker, Sir Justin, Miss Maddison, Miss Gallosh, Miss Wallingford, Lincoln Lodge, Miss Minchell, Baron von Blitzenberg, Lady Grillyer, Silver King, The Lash, Belgrave Square, Mein Gott, Baron Rudolph von Blitzenberg, Baroness von Blitzenberg, Countess of Grillyer, Eleanor Maddison, Eva Gallosh, Torrydhulish Station, Count Bonker, Dugald M'Culloch, Mees Gallosh New!
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It is only with the politest affectation of interest, as a rule, that English Society learns the arrival in its midst of an ordinary Continental nobleman; but the announcement that the Baron Rudolph von Blitzenberg had been appointed attache to the German embassy at the Court of St. James was unquestionably received with a certain flutter of excitement. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Lord Tulliwuddle, Count Bunker, Sir Justin, Miss Maddison, Miss Gallosh, Miss Wallingford, Lincoln Lodge, Miss Minchell, Baron von Blitzenberg, Lady Grillyer, Silver King, The Lash, Belgrave Square, Mein Gott, Baron Rudolph von Blitzenberg, Baroness von Blitzenberg, Countess of Grillyer, Eleanor Maddison, Eva Gallosh, Torrydhulish Station, Count Bonker, Dugald M'Culloch, Mees Gallosh New!
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- Many Memories of Life in India, at Home, and Abroad by J. H. Rivett-Carnac in Back Matter
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