The Devil's Paw

A man gets involved with a mysterious woman accused of treason during World War I. The Devil’s Paw, by E. Phillips Oppenheim, explores a volatile political climate fueled by fear, conspiracy and international conflict. The young Julian Orden and Catherine Abbeway become unexpected players in the art of war.

About the author

E. Phillips Oppenheim (1866-1946) was a bestselling English novelist. Born in London, he attended London Grammar School until financial hardship forced his family to withdraw him in 1883. For the next two decades, he worked for his father's business as a leather merchant, but pursued a career as a writer on the side. With help from his father, he published his first novel, Expiation, in 1887, launching a career that would see him write well over one hundred works of fiction. In 1892, Oppenheim married Elise Clara Hopkins, with whom he raised a daughter. During the Great War, Oppenheim wrote propagandist fiction while working for the Ministry of Information. As he grew older, he began dictating his novels to a secretary, at one point managing to compose seven books in a single year. With the success of such novels as The Great Impersonation (1920), Oppenheim was able to purchase a villa in France, a house on the island of Guernsey, and a yacht. Unable to stay in Guernsey during the Second World War, he managed to return before his death in 1946 at the age of 79.

Product details

• Authors: E Phillips Oppenheim, E. Phillips Oppenheim, Oppenheim E. Phillips
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.05.2021
• EAN: 9781513281247
• ISBN: 978-1-5132-8124-7
• No. of pages: 174
• Illustrations: Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Series: Mint Editions; Mint Editions—Crime, Thrillers and Detective Work; Mint Editions (Crime, Thrillers and Detective Work)
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; FICTION / Thrillers / Espionage, Espionage & spy thriller, Classic crime, FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense, FICTION / Thrillers / Historical, First World War fiction, Espionage and spy thriller, Classic crime and mystery fiction