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The hidden kingdom

Pages
320
Published
1900
Language
English

Synopsis

Having saved Europe from the Professor's war schemes in The Seven Sleepers, Thomas reunites with his friends Étienne and Gaston of the French secret service and discovers that the Professor is at work again — this time with a plan for world domination that will carry them to Outer Mongolia to witness the fulfillment of an ancient prophecy.

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About the author

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Francis Beeding

A pseudonym for co-authors Hilary Saint George Saunders and John Leslie Palmer. >They were Oxford graduates who met while at the League of Nations in Geneva. Palmer was a drama critic who wrote books on the theatre under the pseudonym "Christopher Haddon". >Saunders served with the Welsh Guards in WWI and worked for the Air Ministry in WWII, writing the famous pamphlet, The Battle of Britain. From 1946 to 1950 he was librarian of the House of Commons. >They also wrote mainstream fiction und...