The Vesuvius Club : A Lucifer Box Novel
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Edwardian spy uncovers underworld of murder and vice.
The Vesuvius Club could be a good read for those who enjoy historical spy novels with a touch of humor and debauchery. The book's unique feature is the protagonist, Lucifer Box, who is not only a successful portrait painter and a witty social figure but also a ruthless and seductive secret agent. The story takes the reader on a thrilling journey from the elegant townhouses of London to the seediest back alleys of Italy, uncovering a secret society that threatens the fate of the world. Overall, the book is a delightful and entertaining read that seamlessly blends Edwardian glamour with espionage and mystery.
The Vesuvius Club : A Lucifer Box Novel
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ISBN: 9780743483797
Estimated First-hand Retail Price: RM72.22 MYR
Publisher: Pocket Books
Date of Publication: 2005-07-04
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 3.57
(rated by 5819 readers)
Description
Meet Lucifer Box: Lucifer has a charming countenance and rapier wit that make him the guest all hostesses must have. And most do. But few of his conquests know that Lucifer is also His Majesty's most daring secret agent, at home in both London's Imperial grandeur and in its underworld of despicable vice. So when Britain's most prominent scientists begin turning up dead, there is only one man his country can turn to for help. Following a dinnertime assassination, Lucifer is dispatched to uncover the whereabouts of missing agent Jocelyn Poop. Along the way he will give art lessons, be attacked by a poisonous centipede, bed a few choice specimens, and travel to Italy on business and pleasure. Aided by his henchwoman Delilah; the beautiful, mysterious, and Dutch Miss Bella Pok; his boss, a dwarf who takes meetings in a lavatory; grizzled vulcanologist Emmanuel Quibble; and the impertinent, delicious, right-hand-boy Charlie Jackpot, Lucifer Box deduces and seduces his way from his elegant townhouse at Number 9 Downing Street (somebody has to live there) to the ruined city of Pompeii, to infiltrate a highly dangerous secret society that may hold the fate of the world in its clawlike grip.
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