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The Under-Secretary is a novel written by William Le Queux and first published in 1902. The story revolves around the character of Sir Philip Ramon, a British Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs who is kidnapped by a group of anarchists. The kidnappers demand the release... Read Full Overview

"The Under-Secretary" from William Le Queux. Anglo-French journalist and writer (1864-1927).

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Two o'clock-two o'clock in the morning. The bells had just chimed the hour. Big Ben had boomed forth its deep and solemn note over sleeping London. The patient constable on point-duty at the foot of Westminster Bridge had stamped his feet for the last time, and had been relieved... Read Full Overview