Katherine Cecil Thurston

The Masquerader

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Produktbeschreibung

The Masquerader is a novel written by Katherine Cecil Thurston. The story follows the life of a young man named Barry O'Neil who is forced to flee from Ireland after being accused of a crime he did not commit. He travels to London and assumes the identity of his doppelganger, a wealthy Englishman named Roger Montrose. Barry's plan is to use Montrose's identity to clear his name and return to Ireland. However, he soon finds himself caught up in a web of lies and deceit as he tries to maintain his masquerade. Along the way, he falls in love with Montrose's fianc¿¿¿¿¿e, Lady Diana. The novel explores themes of identity, love, and the consequences of one's actions. It is a gripping tale of suspense and intrigue that keeps readers on the edge of their seats until the very end.1904. Illustrated. Excerpt from the bestseller, The Masquerader: Two incidents, widely different in character yet bound together by results, marked the night of January the twenty-third. On that night the blackest fog within a four years' memory fell upon certain portions of London, and also on that night came the first announcement of the border risings against the Persian government in the province of Khorasan the announcement that, speculated upon, even smiled at, at the time, assumed such significance in the light of after events...and now in London a familiar man takes the part he took on years ago, and has kept in secret all these years: he is a masquerader. He has played his part, lived for his hour, and proved himself long since. Now he takes steps back into the dim world of unrealized hopes and unachieved ambitions. The Great Game is in motion, and at stake is the fate of nations-and of the Masquerader, tooThis scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juli 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 572g
• ISBN-13: 9781417922567
• ISBN-10: 1417922567
• Artikelnr.: 21609884

Autorenporträt

Katherine Cecil Thurston (née Kathleen Annie Josephine Madden) was an Irish novelist best known for two political thrillers. Kathleen Annie Josephine Madden was born at 14 Bridge Street in Cork, Ireland, the only daughter of banker Paul J. Madden (mayor of Cork from 1885 to 1886 and a friend of Charles Stuart Parnell) and Eliza Madden. She received her education privately at her family's home, Wood's Gift on Blackrock Road. By the end of the nineteenth century, she was writing short stories for several British and American journals, including Pall Mall Magazine, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Harper's Magazine, Windsor Magazine, and others. On February 16, 1901, five weeks following her father's death, she married novelist Ernest Temple Thurston (1879-1933). They separated in 1907 and divorced in 1910 because of his adultery and desertion. The lawsuit went undefended. Thurston, on the other hand, "complained that she was making more money by her books than he was, that her personality dominated his, and had said that he wanted to leave her." Katherine Thurston's novels were successful in both Britain and the United States. Her best-known work was a political thriller titled John Chilcote, M.P. (also known as The Masquerader in the United States), which was released in 1904 and remained on the New York Times bestseller list for two years, placing third in 1904 and seventh in 1905.