E. Phillips Oppenheim (Author of The Great Impersonation)

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E. Phillips Oppenheim

Born

in Leicester, The United Kingdom

October 22, 1866

Died

February 03, 1946

Genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Romance, Short Stories

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Edward Phillips Oppenheim was an English novelist, primarily known for his suspense fiction.

He was born in Leicester, the son of a leather merchant, and after attending Wyggeston Grammar School he worked in his father's business for almost 20 years, beginning there at a young age. He continued working in the business, even though he was a successful novelist, until he was 40 at which point he sold the business.

He wrote his first book 'Expiation' in 1887 and in 1898 he published 'The Mysterious Mr Sabin', which he described as "The first of my long series of stories dealing with that shadowy and mysterious world of diplomacy." Thereafter he became a prolific writer and by 1900 he had had 14 novels published.

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	The Great Impersonation by E. Phillips Oppenheim, Nana French Bickford (Illustrator) 3.89 avg rating — 1,020 ratings — published 1920 — 503 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cinema Murder 3.59 avg rating — 175 ratings — published 1917 — 94 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Evil Shepherd 3.64 avg rating — 160 ratings — published 1922 — 737 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Avenger 3.54 avg rating — 112 ratings — published 1907 — 111 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Amiable Charlatan 3.82 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 1916 — 219 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wicked Marquis 3.98 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 1919 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Curious Quest 4.21 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 1919 — 51 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Great Secret 3.76 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 1906 — 117 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Pooh!" she exclaimed. "Fancy asking a woman to be reasonable!”
― E. Phillips Oppenheim, The Double Traitor

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“Other married people have lived together and hated each other. Why shouldn't we? We may forget even to hate.”
― Edward Phillips Oppenheim

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“Fate makes queer uses of all of us sometimes. She sends her noblest sons down into the shadows and pitchforks her outcasts into the high places of life. Those do best who learn to control themselves, to live and think for the best.”
― E. Phillips Oppenheim, The Cinema Murder

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