Desperate Measures by Dennis Wheatley Roger Vintage Book Roger Brook 1975 First Edition Thus BCA

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This is fresh from the attic in Excellent vintage condition .

All the pages are sharp and clean with no messy graffiti or inscriptions of any kind.

Vivid Red faux leather binding and attractive dust jacket the book remains very fresh and clean underneath the dust jacket.

Spine Intact with titles visible and no apparent wear.

Excellent vintage collectible hardback book scarcely found in such good condition.

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SIZE: Height 20 cms x Width 12.5 cms.
FORMAT: Hardback
PAGES: 411

"This Roger Brook story begins in 1814 after Napoleon’s first abdication. Roger now the Earl of Kildonan accompanies Castlereagh to the Congress of Vienna. Thence he is sent to Elba to assess the likelihood of the exiled Emperor planning a return. He arrives in his false identity as Colonel Comte de Brooke commander of the Legion of Honour. There he is caught up in Napoleon's bid to regain his throne, accompaniess him during his amazing march to Paris, his last campaign and final defeat.

Meanwhile Rogers wife has become an alcoholic and possessed by demoniac jealousy she attempts to murder Georgina (whom Roger has loved since his teens) and nearly succeeds in ruining him.

Mr Wheatley has always been praised for the accuracy of his historic backgrounds - this book is no exception. The Count d’Erlons army corps was withdrawn from Quatres Bras to Ligny by Napoleon, but arrived so late that it could not take part in either battle.

Nathan Rothschild did look on up to the Battle of Waterloo from a nearby hill and made a million on the result.

The last two chapters are perhaps the most exciting that Dennis Wheatley has ever written. At the very end we learn the outcome of Roger and Georgina's long romance. It can be claimed that as the grand finale of a love story it is unique."

Other highly popular series by the Dennis Wheatley were the:

•The Black Magic Series
•The Roger Brook Series
•The Gregory Sallust Series
•The Duke de Richleau Series
•The Molly Fountain Series
•The Julian Day Series
•The Lost World Series

Well worth a read if you love Dennis Wheatley books and these classic 20th century thriller novels.

BOOK HIGHLIGHTS:

• Hardback
• Collectable
• First Edition
• Vintage Historical Romance Novel

BOOK ERA:

• 1970's Vintage Books

This vintage book has been specially selected by Kitty for good quality and its individual appeal.

Dennis Wheatley (1897 - 1977) wrote



Publisher: The Book Club
Date: 1975
Edition: First Edition Thus BCA (First time published in this format)
Binding: Hardback
Dust Jacket: Full Colour

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