Tales of Adventurers

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It was by this 1952 collection of short stories that Geoffrey Household wished his literary skill to be judged. And it is clear why. In a captivating assortment of tales from spy thrillers to historical fables, the reader is taken on a journey from the Mediterranean Sea on the eve of the First World War through the freezing valleys of Albanian to the ironic, personal landscape of a female spy preoccupied with marriage. With wit, suspense and political intrigue, Tales of Adventurers stands with Household's best.

Including, among others, The Cook Runner, The Picket Lines of Marton Hevessy, The Hut, Woman in Love and Railroad Harvest.

Geoffrey Household

Geoffrey Household served in British Intelligence during World War II in Greece and the Middle East. He was a prolific novelist and published an autobiography in 1958. He married twice and had a son and two daughters. He died in Oxfordshire in 1988.

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