This work is a fictionalized true crime based loosely on a real-life female Australian mining speculator of the late 19th Century, Alice Cornwell. When the sophisticated French prisoner Gaston Vandeloup flees to the goldfields of Ballarat, he meets the remarkable Madame Midas, who has made her fortune in Ballarat's incredible mines industry. But her wealth makes her prey to a series of awful events. A gripping plot that moves at the right pace and makes you want to know what's next. It is a melodrama full of twists and turns at the height of its fame with false identities, mysteries, humiliation, fainting men, women, and more. Madame Midas is the second novel by British lawyer and author Fergusson Wright Hume. It is the exhilarating companion piece to Fergus Hume's phenomenally successful The Mystery of a Hansom Cab. Hume writes about a time in Victoria that was key in developing their current lifestyle. He provides some intriguing glances into both the problems and the luxuries of early days of white settlement.
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-06-03 - Publisher: DigiCat
This work is a fictionalized true crime based loosely on a real-life female Australian mining speculator of the late 19th Century, Alice Cornwell. When the sophisticated French prisoner Gaston Vandeloup flees to the goldfields of Ballarat, he meets the remarkable Madame Midas, who has made her fortune in Ballarat's incredible
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-03-02 - Publisher: Routledge
Sherlock's Sisters: The British Female Detective, 1864-1913 examines the fictional female detective in Victorian and Edwardian literature. This character, originating in the 1860s, configures a new representation of women in narratives of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This analysis explores female empowerment through professional unofficial or official detection, especially as
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-05-05 - Publisher: e-artnow
This Fergus Hume thriller collection is formatted to the highest digital standards. The edition incorporates an interactive table of contents, footnotes and other information relevant to the content which makes the reading experience meticulously organized and enjoyable. Fergus Hume (1859-1932) was a prolific English novelist. His self-published novel, "The Mystery
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-12-14 - Publisher: e-artnow
Musaicum Books presents to you this carefully created volume of "The Greatest Works of Fergus Hume - 22 Mystery Novels in One Edition". This ebook has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Fergus Hume (1859-1932) was a prolific English novelist.
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-01-11 - Publisher: Delphi Classics
The prolific author of vintage thrillers, Fergus Hume rose to fame following the publication of his first novel, ‘The Mystery of a Hansom Cab’. It became the best-selling mystery novel of the Victorian era and went on to inspire Arthur Conan Doyle to write ‘A Study in Scarlet’, featuring Sherlock