Project Gutenberg 2012-08-13 Public domain in the USA. 192 Tracy, Louis 1863 1928 Holmes, Gordon The King of Diamonds: A Tale of Mystery and Adventure Produced by D Alexander, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The King of Diamonds: A Tale of Mystery and Adventure" by Louis Tracy is a fictional novel written in the early 20th century. This story intertwines themes of mystery and adventure, focusing on a young boy named Philip Anson, who finds himself in dire circumstances. As he navigates the challenges of poverty and the loss of his mother, he stumbles upon extraordinary circumstances surrounding a fallen meteor which contains diamonds of astronomical value, setting off a chain of events that will test his character and resilience. At the start of the novel, Philip Anson is a vulnerable yet determined fifteen-year-old boy dealing with the imminent death of his paralyzed mother. He confronts the harsh realities of life in London's East End, struggling for their survival after being cast into poverty. The narrative immediately plunges into an emotional depth as Philip's resolve to support his mother is challenged. After a violent thunderstorm, Philip discovers a meteor that has crashed in his backyard, containing diamonds. This discovery shifts his prospects dramatically, leading to a compelling narrative filled with unexpected twists involving the pursuit of wealth, the nature of trust, and the painful mysteries of his family's past. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/40493/40493-h/images/cover.jpg en Fiction Detective and mystery stories PR Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 518096 518106 2024-09-17T06:23:36.866392 2023-09-17T14:35:12.701297 text/html text/html 520864 2012-08-13T12:59:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 552044 2012-08-13T12:59:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 582120 2024-09-17T06:23:44.115354 application/epub+zip 591021 2024-09-17T06:23:37.756426 application/epub+zip 272357 2024-09-17T06:23:37.299416 application/epub+zip 758763 2024-09-17T06:23:49.099832 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 730947 2024-09-17T06:23:43.664355 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 412400 2022-09-18T14:08:40.957438 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 491808 491607 2024-09-17T06:23:35.147564 2023-09-17T14:35:11.408303 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 491500 2012-08-13T12:59:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 193599 2012-08-13T12:59:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 491494 2012-08-13T12:59:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 193513 2012-08-13T12:59:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20616 2024-09-17T06:23:49.245873 application/rdf+xml 24849 2024-09-17T06:23:37.398395 image/jpeg 3062 2024-09-17T06:23:37.349392 image/jpeg 553228 2024-09-17T06:23:36.920430 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