A Lost Leader (novel)
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Author | E. Phillips Oppenheim |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Genre | Drama |
Publisher | Ward, Lock Little, Brown (US) |
Publication date | 1906 |
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A Lost Leader is a 1906 politically-themed novel by the British writer E. Phillips Oppenheim.[1] [2] Later better known for his thrillers it was one of several novels Oppenheim wrote at the time centred on "social political life".[3] In it a potential Liberal Party politician, Lawrence Mannering, is lured back from his country estate to London to revive the party's fortunes.
Adaptation[]
In 1922 it was adapted into a British silent film of the same title directed by George Ridgwell and starring Robert English, Dorothy Fane and George Bellamy.[4]
References[]
Bibliography[]
- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
- Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.
- Server, Lee. Encyclopedia of Pulp Fiction Writers. Infobase Publishing, 2014.
Categories:
- 1906 British novels
- Novels by E. Phillips Oppenheim
- Novels set in England
- Novels set in London
- Ward, Lock & Co. books
- British novels adapted into films
- 1900s novel stubs