Modern Classics Famous Last WordsPenguin Canada, 28 juin 2005 - 392 pages In the final days of the Second World War, Hugh Selwyn Mauberley scrawls his desperate account on the walls and ceilings of his ice-cold prison high in the Austrian Alps. Officers of the liberating army discover his frozen, disfigured corpse and his astonishing testament—the sordid truth that he alone possessed. Fascinated but horrified, they learn of a dazzling array of characters caught up in scandal and political corruption. The exiled Duke and Duchess of Windsor, von Ribbentrop, Hitler, Charles Lindbergh, Sir Harry Oakes—all play sinister parts in an elaborate scheme to secure world domination. |
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... knew how long ago it had been put there . Maybe ten— and maybe twenty thousand years before . This is my mark ; it ... knew . Look how my fingers spread to tell my name . Some there are who never disappear . And I knew I was sitting at ...
... knew how long ago it had been put there . Maybe ten— and maybe twenty thousand years before . This is my mark ; it ... knew . Look how my fingers spread to tell my name . Some there are who never disappear . And I knew I was sitting at ...
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... knew what her husband was up to . At night , he did not always follow her to bed , but lingered in the salon - sometimes alone ; sometimes not . Sometimes she heard his voice , with its strange falsetto anger , rising against some ...
... knew what her husband was up to . At night , he did not always follow her to bed , but lingered in the salon - sometimes alone ; sometimes not . Sometimes she heard his voice , with its strange falsetto anger , rising against some ...
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... knew exactly what to say — and how to use the emeralds . " Listen , Sir Harry , ” I said . " You've hit upon an intrigue in a most unfortunate way . It is true , the Duke and Duchess are departing ... " " Hah ! " he roared . " Hah - hah ...
... knew exactly what to say — and how to use the emeralds . " Listen , Sir Harry , ” I said . " You've hit upon an intrigue in a most unfortunate way . It is true , the Duke and Duchess are departing ... " " Hah ! " he roared . " Hah - hah ...
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