The White Countess - Warden, Florence
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Florence Warden's "The White Countess" is a gripping journey into the shadowy world of crime and deception. This classic work of detective fiction plunges readers into a suspenseful mystery where forgery lies at the heart of the intrigue. As the layers of the crime are peeled back, the suspense builds, keeping you on the edge of your seat. Warden masterfully crafts a tale where nothing is as it seems, and the pursuit of truth becomes a perilous game. Perfect for fans of classic mysteries and suspense thrillers, "The White Countess" delivers a timeless story of deceit and detection. Experience…mehr

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Florence Warden's "The White Countess" is a gripping journey into the shadowy world of crime and deception. This classic work of detective fiction plunges readers into a suspenseful mystery where forgery lies at the heart of the intrigue. As the layers of the crime are peeled back, the suspense builds, keeping you on the edge of your seat. Warden masterfully crafts a tale where nothing is as it seems, and the pursuit of truth becomes a perilous game. Perfect for fans of classic mysteries and suspense thrillers, "The White Countess" delivers a timeless story of deceit and detection. Experience the allure of vintage crime fiction with this meticulously prepared print edition, ensuring the enduring quality of Warden's storytelling shines through. Explore the dark side of human nature in this compelling novel of forgery and its devastating consequences. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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Florence Warden was an English actress and writer who published numerous novels under her stage name. Her real name was Florence Alice Price, and her marital name was Mrs G.E. James. Warden began her life as Florence Alice Price, the daughter of a stockbroker. She was born in Hanworth, Middlesex, and educated in both Brighton and France. In 1877, her debut novel, The Wolf at the Door, was published anonymously in Boston, Massachusetts. Warden worked as an actress between 1880 and 1885, and she also published stories and novels under her stage persona. In 1885, her mystery novel The House on the Marsh (1884) was adapted into a play in which she played the lead. Warden married an actor named George Edward James in 1887 in St Pancras. She continued to create novels, but she abandoned her acting profession. One of her sisters also became a writer, going by the name Gertrude Warden. Warden and her husband had two sons, Godfrey Warden James, born in St Pancras in 1888, and Rupert Warden, born in Ramsgate in 1893; and two daughters, Leslie Gertrude, born in London in 1890, and Olivia Mary, born in Ramsgate, Kent, in 1891. Warden's son, Godfrey Warden James (1888-1963), was educated at Oxford, qualified as a barrister, served as a schoolmaster and tutor, and as an Administrative Officer in Sierre Leone. He was also a novelist under the name Adam Broome.