The Duke Decides by Headon Hill
"The Duke Decides" by Headon Hill is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story follows Charles Hanbury, a former cavalry officer turned dry-goods clerk in New York City, who unexpectedly ascends to the title of Duke of Beaumanoir after a family tragedy. Thrust into a world of nobility and power, Hanbury finds himself entangled in a perilous scheme involving forged treasury bonds that might jeopardize his newly acquired status
and life. The opening of the book introduces Charles Hanbury as he emerges from a grueling workday, revealing his disillusioned state after falling from grace. A chance encounter with a shady man named Jevons leads him into a dubious scheme requiring him to travel back to England to execute a forgery. Just as Hanbury grapples with this moral dilemma and the implications of his actions, he receives news of his inheritance, pushing him deeper into a web of crime and intrigue he wants to escape. As he navigates the complexities of his new identity as a duke, he must balance his past with the treachery that awaits him, setting the stage for a suspenseful and engaging narrative. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Hill, Headon, 1857-1927 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Duke Decides |
| Credits | Produced by Darleen Dove, Mary Meehan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 67.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Inheritance and succession -- Fiction |
| Subject | Adventure stories |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 37413 |
| Release Date | Sep 12, 2011 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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