The Great Impersonation

Two men who could pass for twins meet by chance in the African bush: Everard Dominey, an English gentleman ruined by drink and scandal, and Leopold von Ragastein, a German nobleman turned imperial agent. When Dominey returns to English society on the eve of the First World War, sharp-eyed and sober, a question hangs over every scene. Is this the reformed Englishman, or his German double sent to spy on the country’s ruling class? Oppenheim braids espionage, a haunted family estate, and a wife who may be losing her mind into one of his most tightly plotted thrillers. Long regarded as his masterpiece, it was a bestseller in its day. This free PDF and EPUB edition offers classic pre-war intrigue at full tilt.