"The Mystery of the Clasped Hands: A Novel" by Guy Boothby is a story set in the early 1900s that follows two artist friends, Godfrey Henderson and Victor Fensden, as their different ways of life pull them into a knot of secrets; Godfrey, the more traditional of the two is taken by a beautiful Italian girl named Teresina, whom they meet following Victor’s claims that he has found the perfect model for his friend’s next work of art; love and the pursuit of art become central ideas, suggesting that the men's bond will be tested as the story moves forward.
The Mystery of the Clasped Hands: A Novel
By Guy Boothby
In the artistic circles of London, friends find themselves in a complex web of love, mystery, and ambition when a beautiful model enters their world.
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About the AuthorGuy Newell Boothby was a prolific Australian novelist and writer, noted for sensational fiction in variety magazines around the end of the nineteenth century. He lived mainly in England. He is best known for such works as the Dr Nikola series, about an occultist criminal mastermind who is a Victorian forerunner to Fu Manchu, and Pharos, the Egyptian, a tale of Gothic Egypt, mummies' curses and supernatural revenge. Rudyard Kipling was his friend and mentor, and his books were remembered with affection by George Orwell.
Guy Newell Boothby was a prolific Australian novelist and writer, noted for sensational fiction in variety magazines around the end of the nineteenth century. He lived mainly in England. He is best known for such works as the Dr Nikola series, about an occultist criminal mastermind who is a Victorian forerunner to Fu Manchu, and Pharos, the Egyptian, a tale of Gothic Egypt, mummies' curses and supernatural revenge. Rudyard Kipling was his friend and mentor, and his books were remembered with affection by George Orwell.
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