An Amiable Charlatan (1916). By: Edward Phillips Oppenheim: Stories—About An "Amiable Charlatan," Father-Daughter Pair—With A Twist In The Tail, And Some Romance.

But please remember, sir, he begged apologetically, "that I had never seen the lady. I sent the cables, confidently anticipating that she would disclaim all knowledge of Mr. Bundercombe. When she arrived, and I realized that she was actually his wife, I forgave him freely for all the small annoyances he had caused me - my visit to you this morning, in fact, is entirely in his interests."Edward Phillips Oppenheim (22 October 1866 - 3 February 1946) was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers.Edward Phillips Oppenheim was born 22 October 1866 in Leicester, the son of Henrietta Susannah Temperley Budd and Edward John Oppenheim, a leather merchant.[1] He worked in his father's business for almost twenty years. He went to Wyggeston Grammar School.Oppenheim's literary success enabled him to buy a villa in France and a yacht, then a house in Guernsey, though he lost access to this during the Second World War. Afterwards he regained the house, le Vanqui?dor in St. Peter Port, and he died there on 3 February 1946.

• • Author: Edward Phillips Oppenheim
• • Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• • Publication Date: Feb 03, 2017
• • Number of Pages: 116 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1542911516
• • ISBN-13: 9781542911511