At the Villa Rose

Publisher's full burgundy cloth, gilt lettering on spine and cover, fore-edge deckle. Illustrated with B&W glossy plates. This is a murder mystery, set on the French Riviera. It is based on an actual French murder case. The story became Mason's most successful novel of his lifetime. It was adapted by him as a stage play in 1920, and was used as the basis for four film adaptions between 1920 and 1940. Alfred Edward Woodley Mason was an English author and politician. He is best remembered for his 1902 novel of courage and cowardice in wartime, The Four Feathers, and is also known as the creator of Inspector Hanaud, first appearing in this novel. Hanaud is a French detective who was an early template for Agatha Christie's famous Hercule Poirot. . [BARZUN & TAYLOR (A Catalogue of Crime), 1561; HUBIN, p.285; A "Haycraft Cornerstone"; HAGEN, p. 266]. Front hinge sprung, but holding; head and heel of spine mildly worn, corners lightly bumped, Howell's Fiction Library stamp on fep, gilt on spine faded, else very good. GOOD. . 12mo 7" - 7" tall. 322 pp

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Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons

Year: 1910

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

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