"The Twickenham Peerage" by Richard Marsh is a captivating mystery where identity and destiny collide in early 20th-century England. Montagu Babbacombe's mysterious thirty-day slumber sparks chaos, especially for Douglas Howarth, who notices Babbacombe's striking similarity to the vanished Marquis of Twickenham. Howarth becomes engrossed in the lives of the Babbacombe and Twickenham families when questions of love, fortune, and the treachery of the wealthy surface. Babbacombe's public display at the Westminster Aquarium, baffling observers with his extended fasting and sleep, sets the stage for suspicion. Howarth's revelation threatens to upend their world, plunging him into a web of uncertainty about Twickenham's whereabouts and the financial catastrophe that could result from his reappearance, establishing a story filled with suspense and concealed truths.
The Twickenham Peerage
By Richard Marsh
A man's prolonged sleep unravels a web of mistaken identities, lost nobility, and threatened legacies.
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About the AuthorRichard Marsh was the pseudonym of the English author born Richard Bernard Heldmann. A best-selling and prolific author of the late 19th century and the Edwardian period, Marsh is best known now for his supernatural thriller novel The Beetle, which was published the same year as Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897), and was initially even more popular, outselling Dracula six times over. The Beetle remained in print until 1960. Marsh produced nearly 80 volumes of fiction and numerous short stories, in genres including horror, crime, romance and humour. Many of these have been republished recently, beginning with The Beetle in 2004. Marsh's grandson Robert Aickman was a notable writer of short "strange stories".
Richard Marsh was the pseudonym of the English author born Richard Bernard Heldmann. A best-selling and prolific author of the late 19th century and the Edwardian period, Marsh is best known now for his supernatural thriller novel The Beetle, which was published the same year as Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897), and was initially even more popular, outselling Dracula six times over. The Beetle remained in print until 1960. Marsh produced nearly 80 volumes of fiction and numerous short stories, in genres including horror, crime, romance and humour. Many of these have been republished recently, beginning with The Beetle in 2004. Marsh's grandson Robert Aickman was a notable writer of short "strange stories".
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