Short Fiction Stacpoole, H de Vere: The Man from Sulu (v1), 1 Jan 2022

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British author H de Vere Stacpoole (1863-1951) is best remembered for his novel "The Blue Lagoon", but was a prolific novelist and short story writer. For a number of years he was a ship's doctor for a shipping line which serviced the south seas trade, where many of his stories are set; later he went into general practice in the UK.

This original collection contains stories collected from newspapers and magazines, the sources of which are given.

1: The Vengeance of Mynheer Van Lok
2: The Man From Sulu
3: Under the Flame Trees
4: Bully Beef
5: The Damoclean Sword
6: Wild Ducks
7: The Face at the Window
8: The Case of Mrs. Mencken
9: The Snuff-box of M. de Sartines
10: Turn About
11: Did Kressler Kill His Wife?
12: The Lady Detective
13: The Heller Robbery
14: The King of Maleka
15: Kadjaman
16: The Queen's Necklace
17: The Story of Gombi
18: The End of the Road
19: The Gold Bar
20: Maru
21: Magic
22: Luck of the Templetons
23: The Ten-Franc Counter

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