Author: CHAMBERS, Robert W.
Title: The Maids of Paradise. A novel.
Description: NY, Harpers 1903. Octavo publisher's red cloth blocked in white and green; eight plates. A remarkably bright copy. ¶ First edition. A spy thriller set during the Franco-Prussian war involving socialists and German spies. There is also a circus thrown in with a bit of lion taming gone wrong.

Keywords: literature fiction c20th America thrillers mystery