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Cover of The Madonna of the Sleeping Cars

The Madonna of the Sleeping Cars

โœ Scribed by Maurice DeKobra


Publisher
Melville House
Year
2012
Tongue
en-US
Weight
160 KB
Category
Fiction
ISBN
1612190596

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โœฆ Synopsis


One of the biggest bestsellers of all time, and one of the first and most influential spy novels of the twentieth century, is back in print for the first time since 1948

Alan Furst fans will note that train passengers in his bestselling thrillers are often observed reading The Madonna of the Sleeping Cars. It's a smart detail: First published in 1927, the book was one of the twentieth century's first massive bestsellers, selling over 15 million copies worldwide.

It's the story of two tremendously charming characters who embark on a glamorous adventure on the Orient Express--and find themselves on a thrilling ride across Europe and into the just-barely unveiled territories of psychoanalysis and revolutionary socialism.

Gerard Seliman--technically, a Prince--is so discouraged by the demise of his marriage that he flees to London to become the personal assistant of a glamorous member of the British peerage, Lady Diana Wyndham. But he soon finds...


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