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La Madone Des Sleepings (1925)

by Maurice Dekobra(Favorite Author)

3.44 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

2290014435 (ISBN13: 9782290014431)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

J'ai lu

review 1: Glad I bought this at this year's Brooklyn Book Festival. It's one of the earliest international spy novels and it caused a huge sensation when it was published in 1925. Lady Diana Wyndham is the ironically-named Madonna and an early manic pixie dream girl. I didn't find her an annoying mpdg, though, and mostly I sat back and enjoyed the cross-continental European travel. Now I want to dip further into the spy genre.
review 2: Such fun to read. Published in 1927 and out of print for 50 years it's spy novel set after the Russian Revolution. The main character is beautiful and independent Lady Diana Wynham. Learning she is facing financial ruin she asks her secretary Prince Gerard Seliman to go deal with the Soviets to gain control of the oil wells confiscated... more by the new regime. In his attempt to save her wealth Gerard crosses a very sadistic representative of the new secret police, lovely lady spies and possible redemption of his past. The writing is absolutely wonderful and we are reminded of how different the social mores and especially the manners were in another time. less

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