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Experience a thrilling adventure and timeless romance in Harold MacGrath's "A Splendid Hazard." Set in the early 20th century, this meticulously prepared edition invites you into a world of action, intrigue, and enduring love. MacGrath, a master storyteller, weaves a captivating... Read Full Overview

Experience a thrilling adventure and timeless romance in Harold MacGrath's "A Splendid Hazard." Set in the early 20th century, this meticulously prepared edition invites you into a world of action, intrigue, and enduring love. MacGrath, a master storyteller, weaves a captivating... Read Full Overview

"A Splendid Hazard" from Harold MacGrath. American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter (1871-1932).

A Splendid Hazard is a novel written by Harold MacGrath. The story revolves around a young woman named Nancy Shallard, who is the daughter of a wealthy businessman. Nancy is engaged to a man named Arthur Wardlaw, but she is not in love with him. Instead, she falls in love with... Read Full Overview

A blurring rain fell upon Paris that day. A rain so fine and cold that it penetrated the soles of men's shoes and their hearts alike a dispiriting drizzle through which the pale acrid smoke of innumerable

A blurring rain fell upon Paris that day. A rain so fine and cold that it penetrated the soles of men's shoes and their hearts alike a dispiriting drizzle through which the pale acrid smoke of innumerable wood fires faltered upward from the clustering chimney-pots only to be... Read Full Overview

Fitzgerald, as he pressed his way along the Boulevard des Invalides, his umbrella swaying and snapping in the wind much like the sail of a derelict, could see in fancy that celebrated field whereon this eclipse had been supernally prearranged. He could hear the boom of cannon,... Read Full Overview

Fitzgerald, as he pressed his way along the Boulevard des Invalides, his umbrella swaying and snapping in the wind much like the sail of a derelict, could see in fancy that celebrated field whereon this eclipse had been supernally prearranged. He could hear the boom of cannon,... Read Full Overview

Fitzgerald, as he pressed his way along the Boulevard des Invalides, his umbrella swaying and snapping in the wind much like the sail of a derelict, could see in fancy that celebrated field whereon this eclipse had been supernally prearranged. He could hear the boom of cannon,... Read Full Overview

A blurring rain fell upon Paris that day. A rain so fine and cold that it penetrated the soles of men's shoes and their hearts alike a dispiriting drizzle through which the pale acrid smoke of innumerable wood fires faltered upward from the clustering chimney-pots only to be... Read Full Overview

A blurring rain fell upon Paris that day; a rain so fine and cold that it penetrated the soles of men's shoes and their hearts alike, a dispiriting drizzle through which the pale, acrid smoke of innumerable wood fires faltered upward from the clustering chimney-pots, only to... Read Full Overview

A blurring rain fell upon Paris that day. A rain so fine and cold that it penetrated the soles of men's shoes and their hearts alike a dispiriting drizzle through which the pale acrid smoke of innumerable wood fires faltered upward from the clustering chimney-pots only to be... Read Full Overview

A blurring rain fell upon Paris that day; a rain so fine and cold that it penetrated the soles of men's shoes and their hearts alike, a dispiriting drizzle through which the pale, acrid smoke of innumerable wood fires faltered upward from the clustering chimney-pots, only to... Read Full Overview