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The illusion of murder

History, mystery, murder and magic accompany Nellie Bly ' Victorian Age detective, reporter, and feminist ' as she takes up a challenge by Jules Verne to beat the eighty days it took his fictional hero Phileas Fogg to race around the world. Nellie tackles the journey--alone, with a single change of clothes--against the wishes of her publisher, Joseph Pulitzer, who felt it was "too dangerous for a woman to attempt." In her official account of the journey, Seventy-Two Days Around the World, Nellie leaves out one riveting event: a mysterious death. In the bustling harbor city of Port Said, she witnesses an event that makes her a target for a killer and involves her in international intrigue with the fate of nations at stake. On board the ships that take Nellie from the Land of the Pharaohs to the exotic Orient and across the Pacific are the most famous magicians in the world ... but a killer also stalks the decks. As magicians conjure the fantasy and a spiritualist raises the dead, Nellie wonders if Mr. Pulitzer had underestimated the danger. At the publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied.

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  • "When Jules Verne challenges feminist Nellie Bly to beat the eighty days it took his fictional hero to race around the world, Nellie tackles the journey alone, and with a single change of clothes. She becomes dragged into a web of intrigue with the fate of nations at stake."
  • "Attempting to beat Jules Verne's round-the-world record, Victorian Age reporter Nellie Bly hides from official records the secret details about a mysterious death in the bustling harbor city of Port Said where she is targeted by a killer and embroiled inan international plot."
  • "History, mystery, murder and magic accompany Nellie Bly ' Victorian Age detective, reporter, and feminist ' as she takes up a challenge by Jules Verne to beat the eighty days it took his fictional hero Phileas Fogg to race around the world. Nellie tackles the journey--alone, with a single change of clothes--against the wishes of her publisher, Joseph Pulitzer, who felt it was "too dangerous for a woman to attempt." In her official account of the journey, Seventy-Two Days Around the World, Nellie leaves out one riveting event: a mysterious death. In the bustling harbor city of Port Said, she witnesses an event that makes her a target for a killer and involves her in international intrigue with the fate of nations at stake. On board the ships that take Nellie from the Land of the Pharaohs to the exotic Orient and across the Pacific are the most famous magicians in the world ... but a killer also stalks the decks. As magicians conjure the fantasy and a spiritualist raises the dead, Nellie wonders if Mr. Pulitzer had underestimated the danger. At the publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied."@en
  • "Challenged by Jules Verne to beat his fictional character's around-the-world record, it will take every ounce of reporter Nellie Bly's charm and boundless determination to circumnavigate the globe. When she witnesses a tragic murder along the route, Nellie is drawn into a mystifying web of international intrigue. Pursued by the killer, her journey becomes a race to identify the murderer--and stay alive."
  • "In the bustling harbour city of Port Said, Nellie witnesses a mysterious death and this makes her a target for a killer and involves her in international intrigue with the fate of nations at stake."
  • "In the follow up to THE ALCHEMY OF MURDER, Nellie Bly - reporter, feminist and amateur detective - takes up Jules Verne's challenge to beat the record of his fictional hero, Phileas Fogg."@en
  • "In the bustling harbour city of Port Said, Nellie witnesses a mysterious death and this makes her a target for a killer and involves her in international intrigue with the fate of nations at stake. On her journey from the Land of the Pharaohs to the exotic Orient, Nellie meets the most famous magicians in the world, legendary actress Sarah Bernhardt and Frederick Selous, the real life inspiration for Rider Haggard's hero in King Solomon's Mines and for Indiana Jones. As magicians conjure the fantasy and a spiritualist raises the dead, Nellie discovers that the deadly plot begun in Egypt has tentacles around the world."

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  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "Detective and mystery fiction"@en
  • "Suspense fiction"@en
  • "Suspense fiction"
  • "Crime & mystery"@en
  • "Detective and mystery stories"@en
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"
  • "Mystery fiction"@en

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  • "The illusion of murder"@en
  • "The illusion of murder"
  • "Iluzja zbrodni"@pl
  • "Iluzja zbrodni"
  • "Иллюзия убийства"
  • "Illi︠u︡zii︠a︡ ubiĭstva"

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