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You will enjoy this if you like gentleman crooks, ingenious thefts, secret passwords and chases by night, or grand hotels and sleeping cars in postwar Europe.
Worum es in diesem Buch geht
What would you do if a stranger hired you in under three minutes, asked whether you can sing, and then handed you a locked suitcase that weighs far too much for papers? That is how George Hargreave starts a new life. He is a former army officer with a small gratuity and no prospects.
The Golden Face is a crime adventure by William Le Queux, written just after the Great War. Hargreave tells it himself, as a confession to clear his conscience. His employer, Rudolph Rayne, is a charming Yorkshire squire who secretly runs the best organized gang of thieves in Europe. You get heists, disguises and narrow escapes from Paris to Sofia, and a quiet question beneath them. Can an honest man find a way out?
In dieser Zusammenfassung
- 1A strange job and a heavy suitcaseFree
- 2Jewels in a dead dog and a hat
- 3The false hunchback and the stolen fingerprints
- 4A millionaire's key and a train robbery
- 5Lady Lydbrook and the Cat's Tooth ruby
- 6An old man, a letter and a poisoned envelope
- 7The Silver Spider and the monk of Signa
- 8A generous crook and a mark on the palm
- 9Trapped by complicity, and the girl who watches
- 10A confession told with gadgets and clean hands
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A strange job and a heavy suitcase
George Hargreave leaves the army after the Armistice with a small gratuity and no work. An advertisement in The Times asks for a gentleman who can drive and speak languages. He meets the advertiser, Rudolph Rayne, in a West End hotel.
Hargreave is to bring a small locked suitcase to King's Cross the next day. At Overstow Hall in Yorkshire he notices Rayne's dark-eyed daughter Lola, who watches him closely.
Rayne sends him to Paris with the suitcase, to hand it only to a Monsieur Duperré. Later an unsigned note from Lola reaches him at Rouen. It tells him to get rid of the case at once. He remembers how heavy it is, and he begins to suspect that he carries stolen goods.
Rayne's offer of six hundred pounds a year after asking only about singing and driving is a warning in itself.
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- LengthAbout 52,800 words
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Questions about Das goldene Gesicht
What is The Golden Face about?
It is the confession of George Hargreave, a former officer who becomes chauffeur to Rudolph Rayne, a gentleman who secretly leads a gang of thieves, and is drawn into jewel thefts and schemes across Europe.
Who is The Golden Face in the book?
It is the nickname of Rudolph Rayne, used by his close agents. It comes from a half-mask of beaten gold he wore to a Paris ball, and it keeps his real name hidden.
When was The Golden Face written?
William Le Queux wrote it in the years after the First World War, as the Armistice and its aftermath are part of the opening. It is a work of fiction, though it uses real places.
Is The Golden Face easy to read?
It has a clear first-person voice, short chapters and a quick pace. The book unfolds through successive criminal schemes, some extending across several chapters, as Hargreave gradually discovers their purpose.
What is the main message of The Golden Face?
The book shows how a decent person can be pulled into crime through small favours and fear, and how love and conscience can still stand against a charming, powerful manipulator.
Cite this edition
Le Queux, William. The Golden Face. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-golden-face.
Le Queux, W. (2026). The golden face. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-golden-face (Original work published 1922)
Le Queux, William. The Golden Face. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-golden-face.
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