An Amiable Charlatan (1916). By: Edward Phillips Oppenheim: Stories-about an "amiable charlatan," father-daughter pair-with a twist in the tail, and s

By E. Phillips Oppenheim and Edward Phillips Oppenheim

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"But please remember, sir," he begged apologetically, "that I had never seen the lady. I sent the cables, confidently anticipating that she would disclaim all knowledge of Mr. Bundercombe. When she arrived, and I realized that she was actually his wife, I forgave him freely for all the small annoyances he had caused me - my visit to you this morning, in fact, is entirely in his interests." Edward Phillips Oppenheim (22 October 1866 - 3 February 1946) was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers.Edward Phillips Oppenheim was born 22 October 1866 in Leicester, the son of Henrietta Susannah Temperley Budd and Edward John Oppenheim, a leather merchant. 1] He worked in his father's business for almost twenty years. He went to Wyggeston Grammar School.Oppenheim's literary success enabled him to buy a villa in France and a yacht, then a house in Guernsey, though he lost access to this during the Second World War. Afterwards he regained the house, le Vanqui dor in St. Peter Port, and he died there on 3 February 1946.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1542911516
• ISBN13: 9781542911511
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 116 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.0" x 10.0"