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Devereux

by Unknown Author

294 pages2009General Books LLCISBN 9780217705240

About this book

My grandfather, Sir Arthur Devereux, (peace be with his ashes!) was a noble old knight and cavalier, possessed of a property sufficiently large to have maintained in full dignity half a dozen peers-such as peers have been since the days of the First James.

Publication Details

Publisher
General Books LLC
Published
2009
Pages
294
ISBN
9780217705240

About Unknown Author

An English politician, poet, playwright, and prolific novelist. He was immensely popular with the reading public and wrote a stream of bestselling novels which earned him a considerable fortune. He coined the phrases "*the great unwashed*", "*pursuit of the almighty dollar*", "*the pen is mightier than the sword*", and that famous opening line, "*it was a dark and stormy night*."

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