This book is an engaging compilation of experiences that Mr. Le Queux has had in his life, and states in the preface that his goal was "to take my reader behind the scenes of some particular phases of life with which he may be unfamiliar." - Summary by swmom17
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Preface
06:41 - Chapter 2
Ch 1 What I Know About Kings
36:47 - Chapter 3
Ch 2 More About Kings
25:05 - Chapter 4
Ch 3 Among Real Brigands
27:25 - Chapter 5
Ch 4 In Savage Europe
19:29 - Chapter 6
Ch 5 The Love Romance of King Peter of Serbia
25:01 - Chapter 7
Ch 6 Some Secret History
27:54 - Chapter 8
Ch 7 Evenings with Carmen Sylva, Queen of Roumania
21:50 - Chapter 9
Ch 8 What the Sultan of Turkey Told Me
37:31 - Chapter 10
Ch 9 Secrets of Well Known Women
19:39 - Chapter 11
Ch 10 Other Stories of Notable Women
33:59 - Chapter 12
Ch 11 Adventures: Humorous and Curious
29:33 - Chapter 13
Ch 12 Adventures in Journalism
51:11 - Chapter 14
Ch 13 Among Editors and Publishers
35:26 - Chapter 15
Ch 14 Criminals I Have Met
31:38 - Chapter 16
Ch 15 More Criminals I Have Met
25:39 - Chapter 17
Ch 16 Spies and Spying, Part 1
23:33 - Chapter 18
Ch 16 Spies and Spying, Part 2
26:10 - Chapter 19
Ch 17 About Other Spies and the Truth Concerning "Jack the Ripper"
31:22 - Chapter 20
Ch 18 Stories of Famous Folk
23:33 - Chapter 21
Ch 19 Adventures in Clubland
41:32