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The Doctor of Pimlico (1919) is a mystery novel by Anglo-French writer William Le Queux. Published at the height of Le Queux's career as a leading author of popular thrillers, The Doctor of Pimlico is a story of mystery, idolization, and international crime... Read Full Overview

The Doctor of Pimlico (1919) is a mystery novel by Anglo-French writer William Le Queux. Published at the height of Le Queux's career as a leading author of popular thrillers, The Doctor of Pimlico is a story of mystery, idolization, and international crime... Read Full Overview

A grey, sunless morning on the Firth of Tay. Across a wide, sandy waste stretching away to the misty sea at Budden, four men were walking. Two wore uniform-one an alert, grey-haired general, sharp and brusque in manner, with many war ribbons across his tunic; the other a tall,... Read Full Overview

The Doctor of Pimlico: Being the Disclosure of a Great Crime is a novel written by William Le Queux and published in 1920. The story follows the life of Dr. John Thorndyke, a respected physician in the London district of Pimlico. However, as the plot unfolds, it is revealed that... Read Full Overview

"The Doctor of Pimlico" from William Le Queux. Anglo-French journalist and writer (1864-1927).

""The Doctor of Pimlico: Being the Disclosure of a Great Crime"" is a mystery novel written by William Le Queux and published in 1920. The story follows the investigation of a young doctor named John Thorndyke, who becomes embroiled in a complex web of murder, blackmail, and... Read Full Overview

William Tufnell Le Queux (2 July 1864 - 13 October 1927) was an Anglo-French journalist and writer. He was also a diplomat (honorary consul for San Marino), a traveller (in Europe, the Balkans and North Africa), a flying buff who officiated at the first British air meeting at... Read Full Overview