

The Great Impersonation
Author: E. Phillips Oppenheim
Narrator: John Rayburn
Unabridged: 8 hr 26 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: John D. Rayburn
Published: 05/04/2021
Categories: Fiction, Classic, Suspense & Thriller, Espionage
Author: E. Phillips Oppenheim
Narrator: John Rayburn
Unabridged: 8 hr 26 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: John D. Rayburn
Published: 05/04/2021
Categories: Fiction, Classic, Suspense & Thriller, Espionage
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. 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.
John Rayburn is a veteran of over sixty years in broadcasting. He served as a news/sports anchor and show host, and his TV newscast achieved the largest share of audience figures of any major-market TV newscast in the nation. John is a member of the Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame. He is well suited to bring fascinating stories to life concerning the people, places, and things that combine to present lively observations of our day-to-day lives.
EPO was a bon vivant, worldling and womanizer who wrote about 60 thriller-espionagers in the early 20thC. His characters are rich, glamorous -- both the good and the bad. Quirky readers like myself have even collected his oft dated but delightfully woozy adventures. (I have about 15). Some are not t......more
I read about this book somewhere, so thought it was worth trying. Very dated tosh, especially when it comes to the women who fawn over the central character. All right if you read it as an example of the sorts of books people thought were thrilling back in about 1920, but not otherwise.......more
This novel,written in 1920,is a winner. The twist in the last chapter is stunning. It is a first rate espionage/spy thriller set in the months before WWI. It is marked contrast to much of today's thriller writing, i.e., a minimum of violence, few four letter words, and no explicit sex scenes, yet i......more
“Grandly scaled old-school espionage…Genre buffs shouldn’t miss it; fans who read it years ago will be surprised how well it holds up.” Kirkus Reviews