The Master Mummer

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Arnold Greatson wants to write about real people, but his familiar style keeps drawing him back to pretty, artificial stories. Sharing a household with the painter Allan Mabane and the younger Arthur, he debates artistic ambition, earning a living and the limits of his talent. Their teasing conversation gives The Master Mummer a domestic opening before a dispute over a young woman's care brings a different kind of pressure.

In the later excerpt, Baron von Leibingen arrives at Greatson's gate on behalf of an Archduchess. He demands that Isobel de Sorrens be handed over and reveals that armed companions surround the cottage. E. Phillips Oppenheim combines a writer's personal dissatisfaction with the tension of competing claims and royal influence. Readers interested in mysteries can follow the contrast between easy household banter and a confrontation in which polite language carries an unmistakable threat.

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E. Phillips Oppenheim

E. Phillips Oppenheim (1866-1946) was an English novelist who wrote over a hundred thrillers of high society, espionage, and intrigue. He was one of the best-selling authors of his era.