The Under-Secretary
by William Le Queux
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About this eBook
- Author
- Le Queux, William, 1864-1927
- Credits
- Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
- Subject
- Politicians -- Fiction
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 40834
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40834
- Release Date
- September 22, 2012
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2."The Under-Secretary" — Chapter One. — Is mainly about a Man. — Chapter Two. — Concerns Claudia’s Caprice. — Chapter Three. — In which Dudley Chisholm is Frank. — Chapter Four. — Reveals a Peccant Passion. — Chapter Five. — Describes an English Home. — Chapter Six. — In which the Colonel grows Mysterious. — Chapter Seven. — Unites Reality with Romance. — Chapter Eight. — Shows a Politician and a Policy. — Chapter Nine. — Defines the Dazzling Degradation. — Chapter Ten. — Makes Plain a Woman’s Duty. — Chapter Eleven. — Discloses an Ugly Truth. — Chapter Twelve. — Is Distinctly Enigmatical. — Chapter Thirteen. — Takes Dudley by a By-Path. — Chapter Fourteen. — Which Demands Explanation. — Chapter Fifteen. — Is told in the Grass Country. — Chapter Sixteen. — Suggests a Double Problem. — Chapter Seventeen. — Recounts Curious Circumstances. — Chapter Eighteen. — Introduces an Interesting Person. — Chapter Nineteen. — A Man of Secrets Speaks. — Chapter Twenty. — Throws Light on the Past. — Chapter Twenty One. — Sows Seeds of Suspicion. — Chapter Twenty Two. — Requires Solution. — Chapter Twenty Three. — Records some Matters of Fact. — Chapter Twenty Four. — Contrasts Two Loves. — Chapter Twenty Five. — In which the Stranger states his Mission. — Chapter Twenty Six. — Shows Signori of the Suburbs. — Chapter Twenty Seven. — Which asks a Question. — Chapter Twenty Eight. — Confesses the Truth. — Chapter Twenty Nine. — Confides a Motive and a Mystery. — Chapter Thirty. — Tells a Strange Tale. — Chapter Thirty One. — Contains the Conclusion.
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