The Great Impersonation (Dover Mystery Classics)

The year is 1913. The disgraced and formerly penniless aristocrat Sir Everard Dominey returns from Africa a reformed and wealthy man, determined to take his place in society. But is he Sir Everard? or the German spy, Baron Leopold von Ragastein? Written by the "Prince of Storytellers," this landmark spy novel's fast-moving plot teems with vivid characters that offer a compelling portrait of the English aristocracy before the Great War. AUTHOR: Known as "The Prince of Storytellers," E. Phillips Oppenheim (1866 1946) was the English author of 116 novels and 39 short-story collections. The Great Impersonation, his most famous work, has been made and remade into successful movies at least three times.