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The Masquerader

The Masquerader

Thurston, Katherine Cecil

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ISBN10: 1162718366
ISBN13: 9781162718361
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: Sep 10 2010
Pages: 352
Weight: 1.04
Height: 0.73 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The Masquerader is a novel written by Katherine Cecil Thurston. The story follows the life of a young man named Laurence Stanninghame, who is forced to flee from his home after being accused of a crime he did not commit. To escape the law and clear his name, Laurence assumes the identity of his long-lost twin brother, who has been living in America. With the help of his loyal friend, Laurence successfully masquerades as his brother, but he soon discovers that his brother's life is far from perfect. He becomes embroiled in a dangerous game of politics and romance, where he must navigate a web of lies and deceit to protect his brother's reputation and his own. As the plot thickens, Laurence finds himself falling in love with his brother's fianc�����e, which further complicates his already precarious situation. The Masquerader is a thrilling tale of adventure, romance, and mistaken identity, with a plot that keeps readers on the edge of their seats until the very end.1904. Illustrated. Excerpt from the bestseller, The Masquerader: Two incidents, widely different in character yet bound together by results, marked the night of January the twenty-third. On that night the blackest fog within a four years' memory fell upon certain portions of London, and also on that night came the first announcement of the border risings against the Persian government in the province of Khorasan the announcement that, speculated upon, even smiled at, at the time, assumed such significance in the light of after events...and now in London a familiar man takes the part he took on years ago, and has kept in secret all these years: he is a masquerader. He has played his part, lived for his hour, and proved himself long since. Now he takes steps back into the dim world of unrealized hopes and unachieved ambitions. The Great Game is in motion, and at stake is the fate of nations-and of the Masquerader, tooThis scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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