The Zeppelin's Passenger

by E Phillips Oppenheim, 1stworld Library (Editor)

Overview

Never heard a sound, the younger of the afternoon callers admitted, getting rid of his empty cup and leaning forward in his low chair. "No more tea, thank you, Miss Fairclough. Done splendidly, thanks. No, I went to bed last night soon after eleven - the Colonel had been route marching us all off our legs - and I never awoke until reveille this morning. Sleep of the just, and all that sort of thing, but a jolly sell, all the same! You hear anything of it, sir?" he asked, turning to his companion, who was seated a few feet away. Captain Griffiths shook his head. He was a man considerably older than his questioner, with long, nervous face, and thick black hair streaked with grey. His fingers were bony, his complexion, for a soldier, curiously sallow, and notwithstanding his height, which was considerable, he was awkward, at times almost uncouth. His voice was hard and unsympathetic, and his contributions to the tea-table talk had been almost negligible

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781421806143
Publisher:	1st World Library
Publication date:	02/20/2006
Pages:	312
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.81(d)

About the Author

Edward Phillips Oppenheim (October 22, 1866-February 3, 1946) was born in London, the son of a leather merchant. He was a successful novelist, with more than 150 novels published. Most of these were in the suspense and international intrigue genres, though he also wrote romances and comedies. He is credited with writing the first modern spy novels. His most famous work is The Great Impersonation which was three times made into a film. During World War I he worked in the Ministry of Information. He died at his home on the isle of Guernsey.