Project Gutenberg 2011-01-26 Public domain in the USA. 130 Tracy, Louis 1863 1928 Holmes, Gordon His Unknown Wife Produced by D Alexander and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "His Unknown Wife" by Louis Tracy is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around Philip Alexander Maseden, a man facing execution in a South American prison, who is suddenly presented with a bizarre opportunity to marry an unknown woman before his imminent death. The narrative promises themes of romance, intrigue, and adventure as Maseden navigates a precarious situation, contemplating the motives of his mysterious bride and the escalating chaos in the political landscape around him. At the start of the story, we meet Maseden, a prisoner slated for execution, who is visited by a financier, Steinbaum. In a twist of fate, Steinbaum reveals that a lady wishes to marry him, leading to a hasty and unconventional wedding ceremony just minutes before his sentence is to be carried out. Maseden, characterized by his defiance and humor, surprisingly agrees to the marriage despite not knowing the woman, intrigued by her motives and the absurdity of the situation. He learns she is American, veiled, and awaiting him in the hall, igniting a mix of curiosity and urgency as he prepares for the strange union with the backdrop of an imminent firing squad. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Shipwreck survival -- Fiction Love stories Adventure stories Treasure troves -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 476946 476930 2024-09-15T03:46:34.532102 2023-09-15T09:36:32.767635 text/html text/html 495545 2021-01-07T10:41:59 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 185971 2021-01-07T10:42:00 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 251204 2024-09-15T03:46:42.875120 application/epub+zip 254764 2024-09-15T03:46:36.363105 application/epub+zip 248304 2024-09-15T03:46:35.290148 application/epub+zip 484093 2024-09-15T03:46:47.863045 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 444584 2024-09-15T03:46:42.004084 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 438617 2022-09-16T06:48:09.706037 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 427462 427273 2024-09-15T03:46:33.161151 2023-09-15T09:36:31.642610 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 427265 2021-01-07T10:41:59 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 168571 2021-01-07T10:41:59 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 427258 2021-01-07T10:41:59 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 168518 2021-01-07T10:42:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21002 2024-09-15T03:46:48.009065 application/rdf+xml 15134 2024-09-15T03:46:35.659110 image/jpeg 3709 2024-09-15T03:46:35.475094 image/jpeg 236600 2024-09-15T03:46:34.576117 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