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A fast train drew into Albany, on the New York Central, from the West. It was three-thirty of a chill March morning in the first year of peace. A pall of fog lay over the world so heavy that it beaded the face and hands and deposited a fairy diamond dust upon wool. The station... Read Full Overview

Harold MacGrath wrote the 1920 American book The Drums of Jeopardy. The Saturday Evening Post began publishing the story in serial form in January 1920. The book was adapted into a Broadway play in 1922 and a movie the following year. In 1931, a second film adaptation was released... Read Full Overview

Harold MacGrath wrote the 1920 American book The Drums of Jeopardy. The Saturday Evening Post began publishing the story in serial form in January 1920. The book was adapted into a Broadway play in 1922 and a movie the following year. In 1931, a second film adaptation was released... Read Full Overview

The Drums of Jeopardy is a thrilling mystery novel written by Harold MacGrath. The story is set in New York City during the 1920s and follows the life of a Russian aristocrat named Michael Lanyard, who is on the run from the Bolsheviks after the Russian Revolution. He assumes... Read Full Overview

The Drums of Jeopardy is a thrilling novel written by Harold MacGrath. The story is set in New York City during the 1920s and follows the adventures of Michael Lanyard, a former jewel thief turned private detective. Lanyard is hired by a wealthy Russian countess, Sonia Danidoff,... Read Full Overview

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for... Read Full Overview

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"The Drums of Jeopardy" from Harold MacGrath. American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter (1871-1932).

The Drums of Jeopardy is a thrilling novel by Harold MacGrath that follows the story of a young man named Michael Lanyard, who is on the run from the Russian Secret Police. After being falsely accused of a crime he did not commit, Lanyard flees to New York City, where he hopes... Read Full Overview

A typical MacGrath story that hinges on a Bolshevik intrigue in America. Plausibility is a small concern of a plot which will hold devotees.