The Secret Adversary. Agatha Christie

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Название The Secret Adversary
Автор произведения Agatha Christie
Жанр Ужасы и Мистика
Серия Tommy & Tuppence
Издательство Ужасы и Мистика
Год выпуска 0
isbn 9780007422777



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      The Secret Adversary

      Published by HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd

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      First published in Great Britain by

      The Bodley Head Limited 1922

      Agatha Christie® Tommy & Tuppence® The Secret Adversary™

      Copyright © 1922 Agatha Christie Limited. All rights reserved.

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      Cover layout design © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2015

       Cover illustration based on photographs © 2014 Endor Productions.

       Stills photographer: Laurence Cendrowicz

      Agatha Christie asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

      A catalogue copy of this book is available from the British Library.

      This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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      Source ISBN: 9780007590599

      Ebook Edition © Jan 2015 ISBN: 9780007422777

      Version: 2017-04-17

      To all those who lead monotonous lives in the hope that they may experience at second-hand the delights and dangers of adventure.

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Dedication

       Prologue

       CHAPTER 1: The Young Adventurers, Ltd.

       CHAPTER 2: Mr Whittington’s Offer

       CHAPTER 8: The Adventures of Tommy

       CHAPTER 9: Tuppence Enters Domestic Service

       CHAPTER 10: Enter Sir James Peel Edgerton

       CHAPTER 11: Julius Tells a Story

       CHAPTER 12: A Friend in Need

       CHAPTER 13: The Vigil

       CHAPTER 14: A Consultation

       CHAPTER 15: Tuppence Receives a Proposal

       CHAPTER 16: Further Adventures of Tommy

       CHAPTER 17: Annette

       CHAPTER 18: The Telegram

       CHAPTER 19: Jane Finn

       CHAPTER 20: Too Late

       CHAPTER 21: Tommy Makes a Discovery

       CHAPTER 22: In Downing Street

       CHAPTER 23: A Race Against Time

       CHAPTER 24: Julius Takes a Hand

       CHAPTER 25: Jane’s Story

       CHAPTER 26: Mr Brown

       CHAPTER 27: A Supper Party at the Savoy

       CHAPTER 28: And After

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