"Devil's Dice" by William Le Queux is a tale of romance and suspense set in the late 1800s, following the emotional upheaval of Stuart Ridgeway, a prosperous young gentleman. Ridgeway's world is upended when he falls for the mysterious Sybil, pulling him into a whirlwind of veiled secrets and looming dangers. The story opens with Ridgeway grappling with feelings of emptiness until a chance meeting with Sybil in a casino garden sparks a passionate connection, but her hidden past suggests a dark fate hanging over her. Their love story takes a tragic turn as Ridgeway must confront Sybil’s doom and her puzzling identity soon after a secretive wedding, leaving him heartbroken and setting the stage for a journey filled with mystery and a search for hidden truths about love and buried secrets.
Devil's Dice
By William Le Queux
A wealthy man's life spirals into a dangerous web of secrets and tragic romance when he falls for a woman with a mysterious past and a dark destiny.
Summary
About the AuthorWilliam Tufnell Le Queux was an Anglo-French journalist and writer. He was also a diplomat, a traveller, a flying buff who officiated at the first British air meeting at Doncaster in 1909, and a wireless pioneer who broadcast music from his own station long before radio was generally available; his claims regarding his own abilities and exploits, however, were usually exaggerated. His best-known works are the anti-French and anti-Russian invasion fantasy The Great War in England in 1897 (1894) and the anti-German invasion fantasy The Invasion of 1910 (1906), the latter becoming a bestseller.
William Tufnell Le Queux was an Anglo-French journalist and writer. He was also a diplomat, a traveller, a flying buff who officiated at the first British air meeting at Doncaster in 1909, and a wireless pioneer who broadcast music from his own station long before radio was generally available; his claims regarding his own abilities and exploits, however, were usually exaggerated. His best-known works are the anti-French and anti-Russian invasion fantasy The Great War in England in 1897 (1894) and the anti-German invasion fantasy The Invasion of 1910 (1906), the latter becoming a bestseller.
More Like This
Explore books similar to the one you're viewing
Dead Man's Rock
By Arthur Quiller-Couch
Tempest-Driven: A Romance (Vol. 1 of 3)
By Richard Dowling
The House of the Secret (La maison des hommes vivants)
By Claude Farrère
Kathleen's Diamonds; or, She Loved a Handsome Actor
By Alex. McVeigh Miller
A woman's debt
By William Le Queux
Whoso Findeth a Wife
By William Le Queux
More by This Author
Discover other books written by the same author
Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo
By William Le Queux
Whoso Findeth a Wife
By William Le Queux
Spies of the Kaiser: Plotting the Downfall of England
By William Le Queux
The Seven Secrets
By William Le Queux
The Price of Power Being Chapters from the Secret History of the Imperial Court of Russia
By William Le Queux
The crystal claw
By William Le Queux
Related by Category
Discover books in the same genre or category
Criminality and economic conditions
By Willem Adriaan Bonger
The Stolen Brain; Or, A Wonderful Crime
By Nicholas (House name) Carter
The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu
By Sax Rohmer
Dan Carter and the Haunted Castle
By Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine) Wirt
Counterweight
By Jerry Sohl
The Arrow of Fire A Mystery Story for Boys
By Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell