Kenneth Leslie, needing money to start a new life in Canada after a broken engagement, answers an advertisement in the Daily Clarion - Retired Army Officer offers a large sum of money to a Young Man who wants Adventure. Must be of good appearance and free from dependants - and finds more than he dreamed of: fishing, art, family skulduggery, rogues, thieves and fisticuffs, friendship - and romance. Also included are four short stories, Moira, The Mulberry Coach, The Secret of the Black Rock, The Murder of Alma Atherton, and a novella, Where the Gentian Blooms. Previously unpublished, this is one of the manuscripts recently 'Found in the Attic' by the author's grand-daughter. It was probably written in the late 1920s, and foreshadows her later romances and family stories with that little humorous twist of something extra
| ISBN | 1907503161 | | Pages | 302 | | ISBN13 | 9781907503160
(What's this?) | | Published in | Edinburgh | | Publisher | Greyladies | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Imprint | Greyladies | | Width (mm) | 129 | | Format | Paperback | | Academic level | General | | Publication date | 24 Oct 2011 | |
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