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100 1 _aRohmer, Sax,
_d1883-1959
245 1 0 _aMoon of madness
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2025
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2025-10-07
508 _aan anonymous Project Gutenberg volunteer
520 _a"Moon of madness" by Sax Rohmer is a novel written in the early 20th century. It blends romantic adventure with espionage, following narrator George Decies as he’s drawn into Major Edmond O’Shea’s covert mission to stop Communist agents from smuggling documents that could imperil a royal figure. Set chiefly in sun-drenched Madeira, it centers on wilful debutante Nanette, her earnest suitor Jack Kelton, the enigmatic O’Shea, and the predatory Gabriel da Cunha. Expect flirtation, danger, and a cat‑and‑mouse pursuit that turns a holiday idyll into high-stakes intrigue. The opening of the novel introduces the party at Reid’s Hotel in Funchal, where Nanette’s reckless charm and Jack’s devotion collide with the arrival of O’Shea and the sinister da Cunha. After Nanette’s near-scandalous escapades and a tense night at the casino, O’Shea reveals his mission: recover a black dispatch-box tied to a royal scandal, now in da Cunha’s orbit. When Nanette secretly meets da Cunha at his hill bungalow, Jack and Decies—led by O’Shea—race up a goat track; Jack is felled in a brutal fight, O’Shea drops da Cunha and seizes the box. O’Shea then departs, breaking Nanette’s heart with a calculated “goodbye,” but returns covertly when it’s learned the letters were photographed; with Macalister acting for da Cunha, Nanette boldly outswims pursuit at a moonlit harbour to snatch the portfolio from a motor cruiser and deliver it to O’Shea, setting the stage for further danger as the Reds try again. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cGarden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1927
653 _aLove stories
653 _aAdventure stories
653 _aSpy stories
653 _aEnglish fiction -- 20th century
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/bwb_P8-CDK-313/
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77001
999 _c117725
_d117725