An African Millionaire: Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay
"My name is Seymour Wilbraham Wentworth. I am brother-in-law and secretary to Sir Charles Vandrift, the South African millionaire and famous financier. Many years ago, when Charlie Vandrift was a small lawyer in Cape Town, I had the (qualified) good fortune to marry his sister. Much later, when the Vandrift estate and farm near Kimberley developed by degrees into the Cloetedorp Golcondas, Limited, my brother-in-law offered me the not unremunerative post of secretary; in which capacity I have ever since been his constant and attached companion." An illustrious scientist, Allen came to fiction as a more lucrative avenue than more serious writing. As well as writing ghost and detective stories, he introduced us to the illustrious Colonel Clay, a precursor of other gentleman rogue characters; he notably bears a strong resemblance to Maurice Leblanc's Arsène Lupin, introduced some years later. - Summary by Lynne Thompson, quote from the first chapter
Genre(s): Crime & Mystery Fiction
Language: English
| Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Play 01 | The Episode of the Mexican Seer | L0ki |
00:35:15 |
| Play 02 | The Episode of the Diamond Links | Kirsten Wever |
00:44:27 |
| Play 03 | The Episode of the Old Master | Kirsten Wever |
00:40:31 |
| Play 04 | The Episode of the Tyrolean Castle | L0ki |
00:36:57 |
| Play 05 | The Episode of the Drawn Game | Kirsten Wever |
00:42:24 |
| Play 06 | The Episode of the German Professor | Kirsten Wever |
00:35:01 |
| Play 07 | The Episode of the Arrest of the Colonel | Micfairy252 |
00:39:48 |
| Play 08 | The Episode of the Seldon Goldmine | L0ki |
00:35:27 |
| Play 09 | The Episode of the Japanned Dispatch-Box | Availle |
00:38:20 |
| Play 10 | The Episode of the Game of Poker | Kirsten Wever |
00:36:48 |
| Play 11 | The Episode of the Bertillon Method | Kirsten Wever |
00:35:45 |
| Play 12 | The Episode of the Old Bailey | Kirsten Wever |
00:42:34 |