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The Power-house

The first adventure of Scots lawyer and MP Sir Edward Leithen whose daily routine of flat, chambers, flat, club is enlivened by the sudden disappearance of an Oxford contemporary. As the investigation into the disappearance develops Leithen finds himself pitted against a terrifying international anarchist network called The Power-House.

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  • "Frying pan and the fire"
  • "Power house"

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  • "The first adventure of Scots lawyer and MP Sir Edward Leithen whose daily routine of flat, chambers, flat, club is enlivened by the sudden disappearance of an Oxford contemporary. As the investigation into the disappearance develops Leithen finds himself pitted against a terrifying international anarchist network called The Power-House."@en
  • "When an international anarchist organization called The Power-House threatens to destroy Western civilization, lawyer and MP Edward Leithen must race against time and his friend Charles Pitt-Lumley, a new Power-House recruit, to restore stability to the Western system. With keen intellect and instincts, John Buchan's indomitable Sir Edward Leithen features prominently in several other novels, including John Macnab, The Dancing Floor, The Gap in the Curtain, and Sick Heart River. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library."@en
  • "You think that a wall as solid as the earth separates civilisation from barbarism. I tell you the division is a thread, a sheet of glass." So threatens the leader of an anarchist conspiracy. The vicious organization seems impossible to stop, but soon a lone London barrister finds himself between a saved world and ruin in this 1913 paranoid thriller."
  • "An international organization of anarchists threatens to overthrow civilization as we know it-and it's up to Edward Leithen to save the Western world A group of anarchists known as the Power-House sees all of civilization as a vast and sinister conspiracy, something to be overcome and destroyed. Standing up against the Power-House is Tory member of Parliament and lawyer Edward Leithen, a self-described man of hesitation whose stance thrusts him into a reality he never knew existed. London becomes a sinister underworld in which he could be spirited away at any moment, never to be heard from again. Leithen quickly falls into a maze of paranoia, knowing that if he fails to stop the Power-House, their anarchy will consume the world. This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices."@en
  • "This book introduces the character Sir Edward Leithen, whose adventures continue throughout the Greenmantle series. Starting with the disappearance of one man whom he undertakes to find, Leithen becomes involved in a sinister and frighteningly organized European 'Power-House' no doubt inspired by the ruthless totalitarian powers that dominated the European scene at its writing, during World War I."@en

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  • "Suspense fiction"
  • "Suspense fiction"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Adventure fiction"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Political fiction"
  • "Legal stories"@en
  • "Legal stories"
  • "Genres littéraires"
  • "Prirejene izdaje"

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  • "The power-house, and, The frying pan and the fire"
  • "The Power-House"
  • "The Power-house"
  • "The Power-house"@en
  • "La centrale d'energie"
  • "[The Power House.] Na livaliva vuni ... Translated by Esala D. Kama. (Simplified and abridged.) Fijian"@en
  • "[The Power House.] Na livaliva vuni ... Translated by Esala D. Kama. (Simplified and abridged.) Fijian"
  • "The Power-House ... Simplified by George F. Wear, etc"@en
  • "The power house"@en
  • "The power house"
  • "The power-house"
  • "The power-house"@en
  • "The power-house : Simplified by George F. Wear. Ill. by John Nicolson"
  • "La centrale d'énergie"
  • "The power-house, and, the frying pan and the fire"
  • "The Power House"@en
  • "The Power House"
  • "The powerhouse"@en
  • "The Power-House and The Frying-Pan and the Fire"@en
  • "La centrale d'énergie : roman"
  • "La Centrale d'énergie : roman"
  • "The Power House ... Illustrated by W.B. White"@en

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