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His Unknown Wife

Louis Tracy

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .American easily. “I was talking to the stars, a habit of mine when alone on the pampas, and their names would sound somewhat like the words of a barbarous tongue.”

“And a foolish habit, too!” commented the captain when he heard the explanation. “Do you know any of ’em?” and he glanced up at the strip of sky visible from where he stood.

The smiling vaquero stepped out on to the open deck. Oh, yes, all the chief stars were old friends of his. He pointed to the “Sea-serpent,” the “Crow,” and the “Great Dog,” giving the Spanish equivalents.

The steward, of course, densely ignorant in such things, and already half convinced that he [Pg 64]had blundered, was only anxious now to avoid being rated by the captain for having gone to him with a cock-and-bull story. Somehow, Maseden sensed this fact, and made smooth the path.

“They are strange names,” he said w. . . Read More

Community Reviews

Something about this plot—condemned man is asked to marry unknown woman for unknown reason hours before he's set to be executed—strikes me as wildly romantic. Because of course the reader knows that our hero will cheat death and eventually find the no-doubt-beautiful unknown wife (she's veiled durin

I picked this book up and thought I’d try it.
It caught my attention right away. I mean what normal story starts off with a man in a South American prison about to die who is asked to marry a strange lady he’s never heard of? And the action commenced and pretty much didn’t end. It reminded me a bit o

What a fantastic book! Part adventure story, part romance, total classic. Men and women of character and fortitude who treat each other and the world around them with respect. Such a refreshing read.

A fun adventure

Despite some cringe-inducing racial remarks this is a great tale from the early 1909s of castaways among the wild islands of southern Chili. A mysterious woman wants to marry a man who is to be shot within the hour. Why? From that to a shipwreck with two men and two women, and, of co

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