The Woman Of Death

GUY BOOTHBY

Publication: C Arthur Pearson, Ltd, 1900, London

First edition. A fine, bright copy, with the merest trace of rubbing to spine tips and spine ends, and light foxing to the endpapers. The blue are clean and the gold on the covers remains bright. The main character in the novel, Lord Middlesborough, is very wealthy, but is becoming bored with life. In Monte Carlo he meets Madame d'Espere who gives the impression that she is in possession of some sort of occult power. In Paris Middlesborough is introduced to a strange, secret club whose members participate, by lot, in duels to the death each fortnight. Middlesborough subsequently meets and marries Cecille de Tavernae, whose father is also a member of the club. The novel reaches a climax when Middlesborough is drawn to meet his father-in-law in a duel.

Inventory Number: 41672