
The Launching of Roger Brook
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The year 1783 finds the young Roger Brook fresh out of school and seeking his fame and fortune in France. Spurred on by his admiration for the delectable Georgina Thursby and the fair Athénais de Rochambeau, Brook gets involved in the secrets of French foreign policy, much to the peril of himself and his lady admirers.
In this perfect coming of age story we see naivety, love, temptation and adventure propelling us cross-countries, with a host of surprising and unexpected characters.
"The inventive energy of [Wheatley] is something to marvel at. He displays a fertility of imagination without equal among living writers" - Daniel George, Herald Tribune
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Person
Wheatley was the eldest of three children, and his parents were the owners of Wheatley & Son of Mayfair, a wine business. He admitted to little aptitude for schooling, and was expelled from Dulwich College, London. In 1919 he assumed management of the family wine business but in 1931, after a decline in business due to the depression, he began writing.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 The Happiest Days .(?)
- 2 A Knotty Problem
- 3 An Englishman's Home
- 4 The Making of a Man
- 5 The Road to Fortune
- 6 Vendetta
- 7 The Man in Red
- 8 The Disposal of the Jewels
- 9 The Man in Blue
- 10 The Man in Grey
- 11 L'Ancien Régime
- 12 The Man in Green
- 13 First Love
- 14 The Barrier
- 15 The Dream
- 16 The Secret Closet
- 17 The Attack on the Coach
- 18 The Fell Disease
- 19 The Birthday Party
- 20 The Betrothal
- 21 Double Crisis
- 22 Desperate Measures
- 23 The Three Fugitives
- 24 One Thousand Louis Reward
- 25 The Mysterious Frenchman
- 26 Warrant for Extradition
- A Note on the Author
- Also by the Author
- eCopyright
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