Project Gutenberg 2006-08-10 Public domain in the USA. 83 Cholmondeley, Mary 1859 1925 The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers Reading ease score: 79.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Geetu Melwani, Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers" by Mary Cholmondeley is a novel written in the late 19th century. This tale combines elements of adventure and mystery, centering on Colonel Middleton, who is entrusted with a substantial legacy of jewels left to a young man named Ralph Danvers after the death of a notorious figure, Sir John. As Middleton navigates the intriguing world of the Danvers family, the story promises to explore themes of trust, inheritance, and the consequences of past actions. The opening of the novel introduces Colonel Middleton as he prepares to leave India, only to be summoned by the ailing Sir John who entrusts him with a bag of exquisite jewels and surprising backstory. After Sir John's untimely death, which is revealed to be a murder, Middleton embarks on a journey to England, burdened not only with the jewels but also with the weight of the mystery surrounding them. He encounters members of the Danvers family and also befriends a young American named Carr. The opening sets the stage for a compelling narrative of intrigue, as dark secrets and unexpected events unfold in the backdrop of familial relationships and societal expectations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Detective and mystery stories PR Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 812836 812837 2024-10-08T11:02:47.242316 2023-09-08T12:01:15.232954 text/html text/html 824528 2006-08-10T05:57:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 301899 2006-08-10T05:57:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 401353 2024-10-08T11:03:00.979241 application/epub+zip 410732 2024-10-08T11:02:51.625249 application/epub+zip 393641 2024-10-08T11:02:49.961279 application/epub+zip 764434 2024-10-08T11:03:08.559164 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 694429 2024-10-08T11:02:59.650213 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 662067 2022-09-09T07:10:41.026599 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 763265 763165 2024-10-08T11:02:45.045309 2023-09-08T12:01:13.341910 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 763134 2006-08-10T05:57:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 290702 2006-08-10T05:57:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 763126 2006-08-10T05:57:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 290607 2006-08-10T05:57:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21391 2024-10-08T11:03:08.709158 application/rdf+xml 17081 2024-10-08T11:02:50.538253 image/jpeg 3763 2024-10-08T11:02:50.247266 image/jpeg 383067 2024-10-08T11:02:47.312326 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia