The Wanton Princess

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The wanton princess is Napoleon's favourite sister, Pauline, acknowledged to be the most beautiful, and said to be one of the most licentious, women in the Paris of her day.

Roger Brook, Prime Minister Pitt's secret agent, is also in Paris, where he rapidly becomes involved in a series of thrilling adventures, and here again Mr. Wheatley gives us the most exciting fiction blended with true history.

The other 'Roger Brook' stories are: The Launch­ing of Roger Brook, The Shadow of Tyburn Tree, The Rising Storm, The Man Who Killed the King, The Dark Secret of Josephine, The Rape of Venice, and The Sultan's Daughter.

Dennis Wheatley

The Wanton Princess

For the Sales Representatives of the Hutchinson Group in appreciation of their having sold 20,000,000 copies of my books, and particularly for their Chief, GEOFFREY HOWARD, a treasured friend of many years' standing

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The Failure of a Mission

It was the first day of the new century. Seven hours earlier the bells of Ripley Church had rung out ushering in the year 1800. Not far from the village, at Stillwaters, the splendid mansion that was the home of Georgina, Countess of St. Ermins, the many servants were already bustling about, but Roger Brook had only just woken.

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