"The Beautiful White Devil" by Guy Boothby is a late 19th-century novel that plunges Dr. George De Normanville into a thrilling escapade after he crosses paths with the infamous Beautiful White Devil. The story unfolds in the exotic locale of Hong Kong and its coastal waters, brimming with mystery, peril, and romance as Dr. De Normanville is thrust into a world of danger and intrigue. Beginning with a discussion of the exploits of the Beautiful White Devil, a woman suspected of masterminding a series of crimes, Dr. De Normanville is approached with an enticing proposition from the enigmatic Horace Venderbrun to treat a smallpox outbreak. This chance encounter leads him on an incredible adventure, full of piracy, a potentially deadly encounter on a junk, and eventually brings him face to face with the cunning Beautiful White Devil, challenging his notions about the line separating good and evil.
The Beautiful White Devil
By Guy Boothby
In a world of crime and beauty, a doctor's life is upended when he accepts a mysterious job, thrusting him into a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a captivating, yet notorious woman.
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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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