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Author : Agatha Christie
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2022-05-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547023135
The Secret Adversary is a detective fiction novel by Agatha Christie. Childhood friends Tommy and Prudence set up their own business as The Young Adventurers, employed for a job that directs them both to numerous risky situations.
Author : Agatha Christie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798710955154
Reunited in 1919 London, demobilised soldier Tommy Beresford and nurse Prudence "Tuppence" Cowley, out of work and money, form the "The Young Adventurers, Ltd." planning to hiring themselves out as "adventurers ... [w]illing to do anything, go anywhere ... [n]o unreasonable offer refused." They are overheard by a Mr. Whittington who offers Tuppence a comfortable position, but he is shocked when she randomly gives her name as "Jane Finn", a name Tommy in turn had overheard him use and mentioned during the same conversation. Whittington believes Tuppence is blackmailing him and sends her away with some money. Convinced that they can get further money out of Whittington if they play their cards right, Tommy and Tuppence prepare to shadow him, only to discover that he has closed his office and disappeared without a trace. To find out why, they place an advertisement, asking for information regarding Jane Finn. One response is from a Mr. "Carter," whom Tommy recognises as a leading figure in a British intelligence agency and who provides the background to Jane Finn, all of which was earlier revealed to the reader in the book's prologue. Jane Finn was a passenger on the RMS Lusitania when it sank four years earlier in 1915. An American man, knowing he would not be on the lifeboats entrusted her with getting a secret, draft treaty to the American embassy in London, should she survive the sinking and be rescued. Since that time, neither Jane Finn nor the draft treaty have been found. At the same time, publication of the treaty's contents would compromise the current British government, potentially leading to a bolshevik coup. Tommy and Tuppence agree to work for Carter on an unofficial basis, with the aim of recovering the treaty and foiling the bolshevists and their puppet-master, an elusive though hands-on figure known as Mr. Brown who is said to have an exceptional capacity for blending in the background. Carter agrees to cover all their expenses as well as pay them a large sum in the hope that amateurs may succeed where intelligence services failed.
Author : Agatha Christie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798510980257
The Secret Adversary is the second published detective fiction novel by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in January 1922 in the United Kingdom by The Bodley Head[1] and in the United States by Dodd, Mead and Company later in that same year.[2][3] The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6)[1] and the US edition at $1.75.[3] The book introduces the characters of Tommy and Tuppence who feature in three other Christie novels and one collection of short stories; the five Tommy and Tuppence books span Agatha Christie's writing career. The Great War is over, and jobs are scarce. Childhood friends Tommy Beresford and Prudence "Tuppence" Cowley meet and agree to start their own business as The Young Adventurers. They are hired for a job that leads them both to many dangerous situations, meeting allies as well, including an American millionaire in search of his cousin.
Author : Agatha Christie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798640019889
After two old friends accidentally meet and resolve to become investigators for hire, they quickly become embroiled in a missing treaty and a Bolshevik conspiracy. Childhood friends Tommy Beresford and Tuppence Crowley meet again soon after the end of World War I. Both are unemployed and short of money but soon find themselves in the employ of British Intelligence and tasked to locate a certain Jane Finn who may be in possession of a document that could prove embarrassing to the government. Julius Hersheimmer, an American millionaire and cousin to the missing Miss Finn, assists them. Along the way, they stumble across a Bolshevik plot to create chaos across Britain. Tuppence also receives a proposal of marriage from an unexpected source.
Author : Agatha Christie Christie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798517160607
Hiring themselves out as "young adventurers willing to do anything" is a smart move for Tommy and Tuppence. All Tuppence has to do is take an all-expenses-paid trip to Paris and pose as someone named Jane Finn. But with the job comes a threat to her life, and the disappearance of her mysterious employer. Now Tuppence's newest job is playing detective--because if there's a Jane Finn that really exists, she's got a secret that's putting both their lives in danger. The Secret Adversary Tommy &Tuppence #1 by Agatha Christie
Author : Agatha Christie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798640019957
After two old friends accidentally meet and resolve to become investigators for hire, they quickly become embroiled in a missing treaty and a Bolshevik conspiracy. Childhood friends Tommy Beresford and Tuppence Crowley meet again soon after the end of World War I. Both are unemployed and short of money but soon find themselves in the employ of British Intelligence and tasked to locate a certain Jane Finn who may be in possession of a document that could prove embarrassing to the government. Julius Hersheimmer, an American millionaire and cousin to the missing Miss Finn, assists them. Along the way, they stumble across a Bolshevik plot to create chaos across Britain. Tuppence also receives a proposal of marriage from an unexpected source.
Author : Agatha Christie
Publisher : Lazlo Ferran
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
This UK English edition is a vocabulary stretcher and includes links from all difficult words to an online dictionary. A girl on the sinking liner Lusitania is given a secret packet to save by a mysterious stranger. Pursued by criminals and the British government, she goes missing, leaving amateur detectives Tuppence and Tommy to find her and rescue the packet. This version of the Christie story has been adapted for pupils studying English as a Second or Foreign Language (ESL, ESOL, EFL, TOEFL, IELTS CEFR), ideal for those studying for Citizenship in English-speaking countries like USA and UK. It is also suitable for native English-speaking kids aged 9-12 (Grade 4-7 and Key Stages 2 and 3). Emphasis is on action using past, present and future simple tenses. Punctuation meets UK or USA ESL/CEFR/IELTS Level B2. Lazlo Ferran is a fully qualified English teacher and teaches in London. He has also published more than twenty novels, making him the ideal choice to adapt Agatha Christie’s stories for students. Learning English as a Foreign Language (ESL/EFL) and Kids’ editions are also available. Classics Adapted by a Qualified Teacher Paperback on Amazon Categories: UK ESL, CEFR, IELTS Level B2, USA EFL, TOEFL, ESOL, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, teaching materials, learning materials, vocabulary, Teaching English as a Foreign Language, English grammar, preteen, detective, Agatha Christie, thriller, fun, classics, adaptations, crime, 1920s, education, reading practice, classic, world war I, teaching materials, punctuation, sleuth, , action, amateur, WWI, England, British, vocabulary, murder, small town, war
Author : Agatha Christie
Publisher : Lazlo Ferran
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
This US English edition is a vocabulary stretcher and includes links from all difficult words to an online dictionary. A girl on the sinking liner Lusitania is given a secret packet to save by a mysterious stranger. Pursued by criminals and the British government, she goes missing, leaving amateur detectives Tuppence and Tommy to find her and rescue the packet. This version of the Christie story has been adapted for pupils studying English as a Second or Foreign Language (ESL, ESOL, EFL, TOEFL, IELTS CEFR), ideal for those studying for Citizenship in English-speaking countries like USA and UK. It is also suitable for native English-speaking kids aged 9-12 (Grade 4-7 and Key Stages 2 and 3). Emphasis is on action using past, present and future simple tenses. Punctuation meets UK or USA ESL/CEFR/IELTS Level B2. Lazlo Ferran is a fully qualified English teacher and teaches in London. He has also published more than twenty novels, making him the ideal choice to adapt Agatha Christie’s stories for students. Learning English as a Foreign Language (ESL/EFL) and Kids’ editions are also available. Classics Adapted by a Qualified Teacher Paperback on Amazon Categories: UK ESL, CEFR, IELTS Level B2, USA EFL, TOEFL, ESOL, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, teaching materials, learning materials, vocabulary, Teaching English as a Foreign Language, English grammar, preteen, detective, Agatha Christie, thriller, fun, classics, adaptations, crime, 1920s, education, reading practice, classic, world war I, teaching materials, punctuation, sleuth, , action, amateur, WWI, England, British, vocabulary, murder, small town, war
Author : Agatha Christie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798640020151
After two old friends accidentally meet and resolve to become investigators for hire, they quickly become embroiled in a missing treaty and a Bolshevik conspiracy. Childhood friends Tommy Beresford and Tuppence Crowley meet again soon after the end of World War I. Both are unemployed and short of money but soon find themselves in the employ of British Intelligence and tasked to locate a certain Jane Finn who may be in possession of a document that could prove embarrassing to the government. Julius Hersheimmer, an American millionaire and cousin to the missing Miss Finn, assists them. Along the way, they stumble across a Bolshevik plot to create chaos across Britain. Tuppence also receives a proposal of marriage from an unexpected source.
Author : Agatha Christie
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2020-07-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798667751403
Tommy Beresford and Prudence 'Tuppence' Cowley are young, in love... and flat broke. Just after Great War, there are few jobs available and the couple are desperately short of money. Restless for excitement, they decide to embark on a daring business scheme: Young Adventurers Ltd.-"willing to do anything, go anywhere." Hiring themselves out proves to be a smart move for the couple. In their first assignment for the mysterious Mr. Whittingtont, all Tuppence has to do in their first job is take an all-expense paid trip to Paris and pose as an American named Jane Finn. But with the assignment comes a bribe to keep quiet, a threat to her life, and the disappearance of her new employer. Now their newest job are playing detective. Where is the real Jane Finn? The mere mention of her name produces a very strange reaction all over London. So strange, in fact, that they decided to find this mysterious missing lady. She has been missing for five years. And neither her body nor the secret documents she was carrying have ever been found. Now post-war England's economic recovery depends on finding her and getting the papers back. But he two young working undercover for the British ministry know only that her name and the only photo of her is in the hands of her rich American cousin. It isn't long before they find themselves plunged into more danger than they ever could have imagined-a danger that could put an abrupt end to their business... and their lives.
Author : Agatha Christie
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798652967673
the end of the Great War the political map in Europe alters a great deal. A wave of change swipes across Britain; the Labour is growing from strength to strength and the economy is bleak.It is five years after Germans torpedoed the Lusitania in the Atlantic. Among the dead passengers was a British agent, who had brought with him a draft of treaty from the US. Such document would have been beneficial to Britain at the war time. Now it will easily be used to topple the incumbent government.As a result, the hunt for the document continues. For both opposing sides have realised that before the agent died, he had handed it over to a young American woman, Jane Finn, who was rescued and arrived safely in England.Apparently her memory has been affected by the shock: she cannot remember anything before 7th May 1915, the day the Lusitania sinking. Consequently, nobody can retrace the document until she recovers.Tommy Beresford and Prudence Crowley - the making of the duo detectivesIn the meantime, a mere chance of having heard scraps of conversations on the street leads the young Tommy Beresford and Tuppence Crowley to be involved in the 'Jane Finn Affair'. When they accept the assignment from Mr. Carter to get the document, little do they know of what their enemies are capable. Despite Mr. Carter's warning on their ruthlessness, the pair are determined to carry out their plan. Time is essential, for Tommy and Tuppence just have a fortnight: they have to hand it in to Mr. Carter before the Labour Strike on 29th.
Author : Agatha Christie
Publisher : William Morrow Paperbacks
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 006298635X
"It's tempting to say that Agatha Christie is a genius and let it go at that, but the world's had plenty of geniuses. Agatha Christie is something special."--Lawrence Block, New York Times bestselling author In this official edition featuring exclusive content from the Queen of Mystery, Agatha Christie's first Tommy and Tuppence mystery. Tommy and Tuppence, two people flat broke and out of work, are restless for excitement. They embark on a daring business scheme--Young Adventurers Ltd.--"willing to do anything, go anywhere." But their first assignment, for the sinister Mr. Whittington, draws them into a diabolical, political conspiracy. Under the eye of the elusive, ruthless Mr. Brown, they find themselves plunged into more danger than they ever imagined. One of mystery's most memorable sleuthing duos, Tommy and Tuppence lead readers down a harrowing maze of secrets, lies, and death in The Secret Adversary.
Author : Agatha Christie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2020-03-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798631959385
In the beginning, the ship Lusitana has been torpedoed and a stranger has given a young girl a packet contaning an important document. The stranger dies, and the girl, whose name is Jane Finn, disappears, and the packet is forgotten. Until, that is, a labor unrest starts in England and if the papers fall into the wrong hands it could prove deadly to the government. Tommy Beresford and Prudence Cowley (nicknamed Tuppence) know nothing of this when they unexpectantly meet. They go to a restraunt and discuss what's been going on in their lives since they last met. Discovering that they're both currently unemployed, they come up with the idea of becoming adventurers,"willing to do anything, go anywhere." After they depart, a man named Mr. Whittington approaches Tuppence, and he leads her to his office. He overheard their conversation, and he wants to propose a job offer to Tuppence. He wants her to go to France to a place called Madame Colombier's for about three months. When he asks her what her name is, she doesn't want her father to think anything bad, so she says,"Jane Finn." Immeadiatly, Mr. Whittington gets very angry and says, "How much do you know? And how much do you want?" Tuppence manages to get fifty pounds off him, then she leaves. She and Tommy discuss the situation at an expensive restraunt and decide to try and find out who Jane Finn is. The next day they recieve two letters: one from a Mr. Carter, and one from a Julius P. Hersheimmer. They decide to tackle Mr. Carter first, and he happens to be from the Intelligence. They tell him all they know, and he tells them about Jane Finn-and their adversary Mr. Brown. Mr. Brown is a non-descript man who is behind the labor unrest and is causing alot of trouble. Their task is to unmask Mr. Brown, find Jane Finn, and recover the papers. Now they must face unspeakable danger to do this, but it is a race for time.
Author : Agatha Christie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2020-12-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798578016264
The Secret Adversary is the second published detective fiction novel by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in January 1922 in the United Kingdom by The Bodley Head[1] and in the United States by Dodd, Mead and Company later in that same year.[2][3] The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6)[1] and the US edition at $1.75.[3]The book introduces the characters of Tommy and Tuppence who feature in three other Christie novels and one collection of short stories; the five Tommy and Tuppence books span Agatha Christie's writing career. The Great War is over, and jobs are scarce. Childhood friends Tommy Beresford and Prudence "Tuppence" Cowley meet and agree to start their own business as The Young Adventurers. They are hired for a job that leads them both to many dangerous situations, meeting allies as well, including an American millionaire in search of his cousin.Reviews were generally positive on this adventure, which manages to keep the identity of the arch-criminal secret to the very end.
Author : Agatha Christie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2020-03-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798631959484
In the beginning, the ship Lusitana has been torpedoed and a stranger has given a young girl a packet contaning an important document. The stranger dies, and the girl, whose name is Jane Finn, disappears, and the packet is forgotten. Until, that is, a labor unrest starts in England and if the papers fall into the wrong hands it could prove deadly to the government. Tommy Beresford and Prudence Cowley (nicknamed Tuppence) know nothing of this when they unexpectantly meet. They go to a restraunt and discuss what's been going on in their lives since they last met. Discovering that they're both currently unemployed, they come up with the idea of becoming adventurers,"willing to do anything, go anywhere." After they depart, a man named Mr. Whittington approaches Tuppence, and he leads her to his office. He overheard their conversation, and he wants to propose a job offer to Tuppence. He wants her to go to France to a place called Madame Colombier's for about three months. When he asks her what her name is, she doesn't want her father to think anything bad, so she says,"Jane Finn." Immeadiatly, Mr. Whittington gets very angry and says, "How much do you know? And how much do you want?" Tuppence manages to get fifty pounds off him, then she leaves. She and Tommy discuss the situation at an expensive restraunt and decide to try and find out who Jane Finn is. The next day they recieve two letters: one from a Mr. Carter, and one from a Julius P. Hersheimmer. They decide to tackle Mr. Carter first, and he happens to be from the Intelligence. They tell him all they know, and he tells them about Jane Finn-and their adversary Mr. Brown. Mr. Brown is a non-descript man who is behind the labor unrest and is causing alot of trouble. Their task is to unmask Mr. Brown, find Jane Finn, and recover the papers. Now they must face unspeakable danger to do this, but it is a race for time.