Download or read book THE ROME EXPRESS written by ARTHUR GRIFFITHS and published by BEYOND BOOKS HUB. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rome Express by Arthur Griffiths is a thrilling mystery set aboard the eponymous train. The narrative follows an eclectic group of passengers as they try to solve a murder that occurs en route to Rome. This novel is sure to captivate with its intricate plot and unforgettable characters. Experience the suspense and intrigue of The Rome Express. It's a novel that continues to captivate readers with its compelling story and exciting twist. So why read The Rome Express? Because it's a gripping mystery that takes you on a thrilling journey. Order your copy today.
Download or read book The Rome Express written by Arthur George Frederick Griffiths and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rome Express, the direttissimo, or most direct, was approaching Paris one morning in March, when it became known to the occupants of the sleeping-car that there was something amiss, very much amiss, in the car. The train was travelling the last stage, between Laroche and Paris, a run of a hundred miles without a stop. It had halted at Laroche for early breakfast, and many, if not all the passengers, had turned out. Of those in the sleeping-car, seven in number, six had been seen in the restaurant, or about the platform; the seventh, a lady, had not stirred. All had re‘ntered their berths to sleep or doze when the train went on, but several were on the move as it neared Paris, taking their turn at the lavatory, calling for water, towels, making the usual stir of preparation as the end of a journey was at hand. There were many calls for the porter, yet no porter appeared. At last the attendant was foundÑlazy villain!--asleep, snoring loudly, stertorously, in his little bunk at the end of the car. He was roused with difficulty, and set about his work in a dull, unwilling, lethargic way, which promised badly for his tips from those he was supposed to serve. By degrees all the passengers got dressed, all but two,Ñthe lady in 9 and 10, who had made no sign as yet; and the man who occupied alone a double berth next her, numbered 7 and 8. As it was the porter's duty to call every one, and as he was anxious, like the rest of his class, to get rid of his travellers as soon as possible after arrival, he rapped at each of the two closed doors behind which people presumably still slept.Ê
Download or read book The Rome Express written by Arthur Griffiths and published by IndyPublish.com. This book was released on 1907 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rome Express, the direttissimo, or most direct, was approaching Paris one morning in March, when it became known to the occupants of the sleeping-car that there was something amiss, very much amiss, in the car.The train was travelling the last stage, between Laroche and Paris, a run of a hundred miles without a stop. It had halted at Laroche for early breakfast, and many, if not all the passengers, had turned out. Of those in the sleeping-car, seven in number, six had been seen in the restaurant, or about the platform; the seventh, a lady, had not stirred. All had reëntered their berths to sleep or doze when the train went on, but several were on the move as it neared Paris, taking their turn at the lavatory, calling for water, towels, making the usual stir of preparation as the end of a journey was at hand.There were many calls for the porter, yet no porter appeared. At last the attendant was found- lazy villain!- asleep, snoring loudly, stertorously, in his little bunk at the end of the car. He was roused with difficulty, and set about his work in a dull, unwilling, lethargic way, which promised badly for his tips from those he was supposed to serve.By degrees all the passengers got dressed, all but two, - the lady in 9 and 10, who had made no sign as yet; and the man who occupied alone a double berth next her, numbered 7 and 8.As it was the porter's duty to call every one, and as he was anxious, like the rest of his class, to get rid of his travellers as soon as possible after arrival, he rapped at each of the two closed doors behind which people presumably still slept.The lady cried "All right," but there was no answer from No. 7 and 8.Again and again the porter knocked and called loudly. Still meeting with no response, he opened the door of the compartment and went in.It was now broad daylight. No blind was down; indeed, the one narrow window was open, wide; and the whole of the interior of the compartment was plainly visible, all and everything in it.The occupant lay on his bed motionless. Sound asleep? No, not merely asleep- the twisted unnatural lie of the limbs, the contorted legs, the one arm drooping listlessly but stiffly over the side of the berth, told of a deeper, more eternal sleep.The man was dead. Dead- and not from natural causes.One glance at the blood-stained bedclothes, one look at the gaping wound in the breast, at the battered, mangled face, told the terrible story.It was murder! murder most foul! The victim had been stabbed to the heart.With a wild, affrighted, cry the porter rushed out of the compartment, and to the eager questioning of all who crowded round him, he could only mutter in confused and trembling accents: "There! there! in there!"Thus the fact of the murder became known to every one by personal inspection, for every one (even the lady had appeared for just a moment) had looked in where the body lay. The compartment was filled for some ten minutes or more by an excited, gesticulating, polyglot mob of half a dozen, all talking at once in French, English, and Italian.The first attempt to restore order was made by a tall man, middle-aged, but erect in his bearing, with bright eyes and alert manner, who took the porter aside, and said sharply in good French, but with a strong English accent: "Here! it's your business to do something. No one has any right to be in that compartment now. There may be reasons- traces- things to remove; never mind what. But get them all out. Be sharp about it; and lock the door. Remember you will be held responsible to justice."
Download or read book The Rome Express written by Griffiths Arthur and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-20 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Rome Express written by Arthur Griffiths and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2010 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mysterious murder on an express train, a woman entangled in a net of circumstantial evidence and an Englishman rushing to her aid, a devious Italian, and the police force off track - reprint of the classic originally released in 1907.
Download or read book The Rome Express written by Arthur Griffiths and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rome Express written by Bertrand Collins and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Rome Express Illustrated written by Arthur Griffiths and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-18 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rome Express is a 1932 British thriller film directed by Walter Forde and starring Esther Ralston and Conrad Veidt.[1] Based on a story by Clifford Grey, with a screenplay by Sidney Gilliat, the film is a tale about a European express train to Rome carrying a variety of characters, including thieves, adulterers, blackmail victims, and an American film star.[1] The film won the American National Board of Review award for Best Foreign Film.[1][2] Rome Express was remade as Sleeping Car to Trieste (1948).It was shot at the Lime Grove Studios in Shepherd's Bush. The film's sets were designed by the art director Andrew Mazzei, with the costume design by Gordon Conway.
Download or read book The Rome Express Annotated written by Arthur Griffiths and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-03 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mysterious murder on a flying express train, a wily Italian, a charming woman caught in the meshes of circumstantial evidence, a chivalrous Englishman.
Download or read book The Rome Express written by Arthur Arthur Griffiths and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-03 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How is this book unique? Font adjustments & biography included Unabridged (100% Original content) Illustrated About The Rome Express by Arthur Griffiths A mysterious murder on a flying express train, a wily Italian, a charming woman caught in the meshes of circumstantial evidence, a chivalrous Englishman, and a police force with a keen nose for the wrong clue, are the ingredients from which Major Griffiths has concocted a clever, up-to-date detective story. First published in 1896, this is a fictional account of nine people aboard an express train sleeping car most of whom awake near the end of their journey from Rome to Paris to learn that one of their number has suffered death by a stab wound to the heart. Two are French businessmen, two are English brothers- a General and a clergyman, two are women- an attractive widow and her maid.The conductor, a Dutchman named Groote, has made trouble for the widow and her maid by insisting that the maid not be in the sleeping car too much as she has no sleeping car ticket. Two other men are aboard, one of whom is the dead man. The police inspectors arrive at the Paris train station, the Gare de Lyon, and present the reader with a delicious comedy of errors as they apply their rigid methods in an unavailing attempt to find out what happened. In the midst of this the General and the lovely widow, already friends for some months(having met in Rome) discover that they love each other. An artful blend of narration, misdirection and well-timed revelations maintain interest in this diverting story all the way to the end.
Download or read book The Rome Express written by Arthur Griffiths and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-12-22 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By Arthur Griffiths The Rome Express (1907) & The Passenger From Calais.(1908). This edition contains two of Arthur Griffith's thrilling train mystery novels. The Rome Express A man is murdered on an express train bound for Paris and the passengers in his car are all suspects - including a wily Italian, and a proper Englishman. The Passenger From Calais Colonel Basil Annesley is surprised to find himself alone on a train to Lucerne, Switzerland -- until he is joined by a mysterious woman who believes she may have been followed. What is her secret?
Download or read book The Wheel Spins written by Ethel Lina White and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2024-10-29 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1936 and adapted for the screen as The Lady Vanishes by Alfred Hitchcock in 1938, Ethel Lina White's suspenseful mystery remains her best-known novel, worthy of acknowledgement as a classic of the genre in its own right. Then the rhythm of the train changed, and she seemed to be sliding backwards down a long slope. Click-click-click-click. The wheels rattled over the rails, with a sound of castanets. Iris Carr's holiday in the mountains of a remote corner of Europe has come to an end, and since her friends left two days before, she faces the journey home alone. Stricken by sunstroke at the station, Iris catches the express train to Trieste by the skin of her teeth and finds a companion in Miss Froy, an affable English governess. But when Iris passes out and reawakens, Miss Froy is nowhere to be found. The other passengers deny any knowledge of her existence and as the train speeds across Europe, Iris spirals deeper and deeper into a strange and dangerous conspiracy.
Download or read book The Rome Express by Arthur Griffiths written by Arthur Griffiths and published by . This book was released on 2017-07-22 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rome Express by Arthur Griffiths
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Download or read book The Complete Works of Arnold Bennett written by Arnold Bennett and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-11-09 with total page 10423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This meticulously edited Arnold Bennett collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Novels: A Man from the North The Grand Babylon Hotel Anna of the Five Towns Leonora A Great Man Teresa of Watling Street Sacred and Profane Love Hugo The Ghost- A Modern Fantasy The City of Pleasure: A Fantasia on Modern Themes Buried Alive The Old Wives' Tale Clayhanger Denry the Audacious Helen with the High Hand The Card Hilda Lessways The Plain Man and His Wife The Regent: A Five Towns Story of Adventure in London The Price of Love From the log of the Velsa These Twain The Pretty Lady The Roll-Call The Lion's Share Mr.Prohack Lilian Riceyman Steps Elsie and the Child The Strange Vanguard Accident Imperial Palace Short Stories Collections: Tales of the Five Towns The Grim Smile of the Five Towns The Matador of the Five Towns The Woman who Stole Everything and Other Stories The Loot of Cities Mr. Penfound's Two Burglars Midnight at the Grand Babylon The Police Station The Adventure of the Prima Donna The Episode in Room 222 Saturday to Monday A Dinner at the Louvre Plays: What the Public Wants The Honeymoon The Great Adventure The Title Judith Non-Fiction: The Truth about an Author How to Become an Author The Reasonable Life Literary Taste: How to Form It How to Live on 24 Hours a Day The Feast of St. Friend: A Christmas Book Mental Efficiency Those United States Friendship and Happiness Paris Nights and Other Impressions of Places and People The Author's Craft Over There: War Scenes on the Western Front Books and Persons: Selections from The New Age 1908-1911 Self and Self-Management Things That Have Interested Me The Human Machine
Download or read book The Collected Works of Arnold Bennett written by Arnold Bennett and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-12-11 with total page 10427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Collected Works of Arnold Bennett showcases the remarkable writing style of the author, known for his realistic portrayals of English life in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Bennett's storytelling is characterized by its succinct yet compelling narrative, offering readers a glimpse into the societal norms and values of the time. His detailed descriptions of everyday life, combined with his keen insight into human nature, make his works a valuable contribution to the literary landscape of the period. The collection includes a variety of genres, from novels to short stories, all reflecting Bennett's profound understanding of the human experience. Arnold Bennett's works are a perfect representation of his time period and continue to captivate readers with their timeless themes and engaging narrative style. Bennett's personal experiences growing up in the industrial heartland of England greatly influenced his writing, providing readers with a unique perspective on the challenges faced by individuals in a rapidly changing society. Whether you are a fan of classic literature or interested in exploring the complexities of human relationships, The Collected Works of Arnold Bennett is a must-read for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the human condition.
Download or read book Night Trains written by Andrew Martin and published by Profile Books. This book was released on 2017-02-09 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Night trains have long fascinated us with the possibilities of their private sleeping compartments, gilded dining cars, champagne bars and wealthy travellers. Authors from Agatha Christie to Graham Greene have used night trains to tell tales of romance, intrigue and decadence against a rolling background of dramatic landscapes. The reality could often be as thrilling: early British travellers on the Orient Express were advised to carry a revolver (as well as a teapot). In Night Trains, Andrew Martin attempts to relive the golden age of the great European sleeper trains by using their modern-day equivalents. This is no simple matter. The night trains have fallen on hard times, and the services are disappearing one by one. But if the Orient Express experience can only be recreated by taking three separate sleepers, the intriguing characters and exotic atmospheres have survived. Whether the backdrop is 3am at a Turkish customs post, the sun rising over the Riviera, or the constant twilight of a Norwegian summer night, Martin rediscovers the pleasures of a continent connected by rail. By tracing the history of the sleeper trains, he reveals much of the recent history of Europe itself. The original sleepers helped break down national barriers and unify the continent. Martin uncovers modern instances of European unity - and otherwise - as he traverses the continent during 'interesting times', with Brexit looming. Against this tumultuous backdrop, he experiences his own smaller dramas, as he fails to find crucial connecting stations, ponders the mystery of the compartment dog, and becomes embroiled in his very own night train whodunit.
