Double Traitor, E. Phillips Oppenheim
Double Traitor, E. Phillips Oppenheim
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Double Traitor
Booktrack Edition

Author: E. Phillips Oppenheim

Narrator: Tom Weiss

Unabridged: 7 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Booktrack

Published: 03/31/2018

Categories: Fiction, Classic

Synopsis

Listen to Double Traitor with a movie-style soundtrack and amplify your audiobook experience.The setting is the years prior to the outbreak of World War I. It is a time when Germany is outwardly preparing for war but Britain continues to believe it is invincible and that no one would challenge her. A vast German spy network flourishes in England, often in plain view. The main character is Francis Norgate, an aspiring British diplomat who falls in disfavor with his superiors for defending a woman while stationed in Berlin. The resulting scandal causes Norgate to be recalled. On the way home, he meets a German gentleman, Selingman, who claims to be a crockery salesman. But, Selingman is not what he appears to be. Disillusioned by the English government, Norgate allows himself to be recruited by Selingman.

About E. Phillips Oppenheim

Edward Phillips Oppenheim (1866–1946), an English novelist, was a major and successful writer of genre fiction, particularly thrillers. Featured on the cover of Time magazine in 1918, he was the self-styled "prince of storytellers." He published more than a hundred novels, mostly stories of suspense and international intrigue, as well as romances, comedies, and parables of everyday life. Perhaps Oppenheim's most enduring creation is the character of General Besserley, the protagonist of General Besserley's Puzzle Box and General Besserley's New Puzzle Box, which is one of Oppenheim's last works. His work possesses a unique charm, featuring protagonists who delight in Epicurean meals, surroundings of intense luxury, and the relaxed pursuit of criminal practice on either side of the law. Oppenheim's first novel, which was about England and Canada, was called Expiation. This was followed by such titles as The Betrayal, The Avenger, The Governors, The Double Life of Mr. Alfred Burton, An Amiable Charlatan, The Black Box, The Double Traitor, The Cinema Murder, The Box With Broken Seals, The Devil's Paw, and The Evil Shepherd.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nader

As The Double Four opens country squire Peter Ruff is summoned to Paris to meet with the mysterious old woman heading the titular organization, with which he has previously been deeply involved. At the meeting he finds the leader on her deathbed, from which she tells him that he is to be her success......more

Goodreads review by Murray

Peter ruff and the double four is very good. It is more like short stories than a novel. I enjoyed it.......more

Goodreads review by Jack

Series of episodes featuring upper class spy Peter Roff and his enemy.......more

Goodreads review by Neil

Another Oppenheim book that I never really got into, I've read four this year I think I'm going to give him a rest for a while, I thought I would like him more than I do. This is a connected collection of short stories about the leader of a secret society (a bit of a rip off of Edgar Wallace's Four......more

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