author:E. W. Hornung
The latest chapter:Chapter XX The Statement of Francis Rattray
Book description:Dead Men Tell No Tales, an 1898 novel by E. W. Hornung.Meeting failure in his search for wealth in the 1851 Australian gold rush, a dispirited Mr. Cole takes the next available ship back to England -- and falls in love with Eva Denison, a beautiful and accomplished young woman traveling with her exotic Portuguese step-father. After a disaster at sea Cole returns to anonymity in London... or so he thinks. Events lead to the discovery of a horrible conspiracy, and then to an adventure that may cost Cole his greatest love.
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