The Moving Finger
by E. Phillips Oppenheim
Publisher: ManyBooks 1911
ISBN/ASIN: B003YMN0SA
Number of pages: 215
Description:
A mystifying story dealing with a wealthy M.P.'s experiment with a poor young man. The MP is also a knight and a wealthy landowner. The tale pulsates with life and is truly startling in some of its revelations. (Also published with the title The Falling Star).
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