A Coin of Edward VII
by Fergus Hume
Publisher: G. W. Dillingham Company 1903
ISBN/ASIN: B003M68WT0
Number of pages: 285
Description:
This book is quite up to the level of the high standard which Mr. Hume has set for himself in 'The Mystery of a Hansom Cab' and 'The Rainbow Feather.' It is a brilliant, stirring adventure, showing the author's prodigious inventiveness, his well of imagination never running dry.
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