The Return of Clubfoot
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In thrillers of the twenties, there are remarkably few German villains around. Writers like John Buchan deliberately introduced “good” Germans into their stories, and others presented the Germans as misled by a few evil men.An exception is The Return of Clubfoot (1922), by Valentine Williams. During the war, Williams had invented the character of Dr Adolf Grundt, head of the Kaiser’s secret service, whose plots had been foiled by the gallant English brothers, Francis and Desmond Okewood.In 1922 (according to the serial in the Premier Magazine) Desmond Okewood was on a treasure hunt in the Sout...
Chapters (114)
- THE RETURN OF CLUBFOOT
- AUTHOR OF "THE MAN WITH THE CLUBFOOT"
- HERBERT JENKINS LIMITED YORK STREET LONDON S.W.1.
- A HERBERT JENKINS' BOOK
- WHAT THIS STORY IS ABOUT
- CONTENTS
- The Return of Clubfoot
- CHAPTER 1
- DOÑA LUISA
- CHAPTER II
- IN WHICH A GENTLEMAN PAYS HIS DEBT
- CHAPTER III
- THE MESSAGE
- CHAPTER IV
- A FOOTSTEP IN THE LANE
- CHAPTER V
- THE GIRL IN THE SMOKE-ROOM
- CHAPTER VI
- I RECEIVE AN INVITATION
- CHAPTER VII
- THE VICE-CONSUL'S WARNING
- CHAPTER VIII
- DR. CUSTRIN
- CHAPTER IX
- CONCERNING A LONG DRINK
- CHAPTER X
- THE GRAVE IN THE CLEARING
- CHAPTER XI
- A VOICE IN THE FOREST
- CHAPTER XII
- I MEET AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE
- CHAPTER XIII
- EL COJO
- CHAPTER XIV
- "DIE FÜNF-UND-ACHTZIGER"
- CHAPTER XV
- MARJORIE'S ADVENTURE
- CHAPTER XVI
- BLACK PABLO MAKES HIS PREPARATIONS
- CHAPTER XVII
- THE ESCAPE
- CHAPTER XVIII
- A FACE AMONG THE FERNS
- CHAPTER XIX
- WHICH PROVES THAT TWO HEADS ARE BETTER THAN ONE
- CHAPTER XX
- THE BURIAL CHAMBER
- CHAPTER XXI
- A LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS AND WHAT CAME OF IT
- CHAPTER XXII
- I INTERRUPT A TÊTE-À-TÊTE
- CHAPTER XXIII
- CAPITULATION
- CHAPTER XXIV
- ULRICH VON HAGEL'S TREASURE
- CHAPTER XXV
- THE END OF A DREAM
- CHAPTER XXVI
- IN WHICH A BLACK BOX PLAYS A DECISIVE PART
- VALENTINE WILLIAMS' NOVELS.
- THE MAN WITH THE CLUBFOOT
- THE SECRET HAND
- THE YELLOW STREAK
- Herbert Jenkins Ltd. 3 York Street., St. James S.W.1
- HERBERT JENKINS' Green Label Novels
- LEAVE IT TO PSMITH
- THE MYSTERIOUS CHINAMAN
- HER UNDYING PAST
- NO. 3
- THE WESTERNER
- THE BATTLE OF LONDON
- SUSAN IN CHARGE
- HELEN OF LONDON
- WITCHERY O' THE MOOR
- THE MAN WHO WASN'T
- HERBERT JENKINS' Green Label Novels
- THE ORANGE DIVAN
- THE GARDEN OF DELIGHT
- SMITH, V.C., GENTLEMAN RIDER
- THE JUNGLE BEHIND BARS
- THE MYSTERY OF ST. MICHAEL'S
- WHO KILLED LORD HENRY ROLLESTONE?
- THE SAGA OF SALLY BIRD
- THE HEIR OF THE MALIK
- APRIL'S SOWING
- WATCHMAN, WHAT OF THE DAWN?
- RECORDS OF REGGIE
- HERBERT JENKINS' New Popular Novels
- JILL THE RECKLESS
- FEAR
- THE MAZAROFF MURDER
- THE SMUGGLED MASTERPIECE
- THE RETURN OF BLUE PETE
- HERBERT JENKINS' New Popular Novels
- THE INIMITABLE JEEVES
- THE MILLION DOLLAR DIAMOND
- MRS. 'ARRIS
- WODEHOUSE
- (1) THE COMING OF BILL
- (2) JILL THE RECKLESS
- (3) THE CLICKING OF CUTHBERT
- (4) THE GIRL ON THE BOAT
- HERBERT JENKINS LTD. 3 YORK ST., ST. JAMES'S S.W.1
- BOOKS BY HERBERT JENKINS
- BINDLE
- THE NIGHT CLUB
- ADVENTURES OF BINDLE
- MRS. BINDLE
- JOHN DENE OF TORONTO
- MALCOLM SAGE, DETECTIVE
- PATRICIA BRENT, SPINSTER
- THE RAIN-GIRL
- THE RETURN OF ALFRED
- THE HERBERT JENKINS' WIRELESS
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