In Strange Company: A Story of Chili and the Southern Seas

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boothby, Guy, 1867-1905

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"In Strange Company: A Story of Chili and the Southern Seas" by Guy Boothby is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story follows a character named Marmaduke Plowden, who, under the alias Marcos Veneda, is embroiled in a web of intrigue surrounding a large fortune he has sent to his uncle in England. The tale is set against the backdrop of a tumultuous period in Chile, filled with civil unrest and danger. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to Luke Sanctuary, who has taken on the task of recounting the extraordinary events surrounding his cousin Marmaduke Plowden. The opening chapters depict the growing tension in Valparaiso due to a civil war and introduce several key characters, including the cunning Plowden, who conceals his criminal past as he navigates the treacherous waters of espionage and financial deceit. The narrative quickly escalates as it reveals the precarious situation of Plowden and his fortune, hinting at the high stakes and moral dilemmas that will unfold as the story progresses. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Credits:

Produced by Suzanne Shell, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Notes:

Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Strange_Company

Reading ease score: 77.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.

Release date is 2011-08-14