The Richard Chandos Omnibus – Dornford Yates

Description

wo Richard Chandos adventures.

Perishable Goods

Burglary, followed by an abduction, lead Jonathan Mansel and his friends Richard Chandos and George Hanford off on another adventure in Austria. The perpetrator is arch criminal “Rose” Noble, out to avenge himself for his defeat at their hands in their previous encounter. And the victim is Adele Pleydell, wife of Mansel’s cousin but also Mansel’s lady love. Follow the three adventurers in this exciting story as they get on track of Noble and his gang, and then make plans for Adele’s rescue.

An Eye for a Tooth

On the way home from Germany after having captured Axel the Red’s treasure, Jonathan Mansel happens upon a corpse on the road, that of an Englishman. There ensues a gripping tale of adventure and reprisal of a rather gentlemanly kind.

On publication this novel was such a hit that it was reprinted six times in its first year, and assured Yates’ huge popularity. A classic Richard Chandos thriller!