Length9h 47m
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Excerpt: "There was a real "No. 101." Unpublished MS. despatches now in the Record Office of the British Museum reveal the interesting fact that on more than one occasion the British Government obtained important French state secrets through an agent known to the British ministers as "No. 101." Who this mysterious agent was, whether it was a man or a woman, why and how he or she so successfully played the part of a traitor, have not, so far as is known to the present writer, been discovered by historians or archivists. The references in the confidential correspondences supply no answer to such questions. If the British ministers knew all the truth, they kept it to themselves, and it perished with them. Doubtless there were good reasons for strict secrecy. But it is more than possible that they themselves did not know, that throughout they simply dealt with a cipher whose secret they never penetrated. It is, however, clear that "No. 101" was in a position to discover some of the most intricate designs in the policy of the French Court, and that the British Government, through its agents, was satisfied of the genuineness of the secrets for which it paid handsomely. On the undoubted existence of this mysterious cipher, and the riddles that that existence suggests, the writer has based his historical romance."
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GenreGeneral Fiction, Mystery and Thriller
Length9 hrs 47 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 9, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1“No. 101”
2ILLUSTRATIONS
3CHAPTER I “No. 101”
4CHAPTER II ONE-FOURTH OF A SECRET AND THREE-FOURTHS OF A MYSTERY
5CHAPTER III A FAIR HUNTRESS AND THE GIRL WITH THE SPOTTED COW
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6CHAPTER IV A LOVER’S TRICK
7CHAPTER V THE PRESUMPTION OF A BEARDLESS CHEVALIER
8CHAPTER VI THE WISE WOMAN OF “THE COCK WITH THE SPURS OF GOLD”
9CHAPTER VII THE KING’S HANDKERCHIEF
10CHAPTER VIII THE VIVANDIÈRE OF FONTENOY
11CHAPTER IX AT THE CHARCOAL-BURNER’S CABIN IN THE WOODS
12CHAPTER X FONTENOY
13CHAPTER XI IN THE SALON DE LA PAIX AT VERSAILLES
14CHAPTER XII A ROYAL GRISETTE
15CHAPTER XIII WHAT THE VICOMTE DE NÉRAC SAW IN THE SECRET PASSAGE
16CHAPTER XIV TWO PAGES IN THE BOOK OF LIFE
17CHAPTER XV ANDRÉ IS THRICE SURPRISED
18CHAPTER XVI THE FOUNTAIN OF NEPTUNE
19CHAPTER XVII DENISE’S ANSWER
20CHAPTER XVIII THE HEART OF THE POMPADOUR
21CHAPTER XIX THE FLOWER GIRL OF “THE GALLOWS AND THE THREE CROWS”
22CHAPTER XX AT HOME WITH A CIPHER
23CHAPTER XXI THE KING’S COMMISSION
24CHAPTER XXII ON SECRET SERVICE
25CHAPTER XXIII THE KING FAINTS
26CHAPTER XXIV A WISHED-FOR MIRACLE
27CHAPTER XXV THE FALL OF THE DICE
28CHAPTER XXVI THE THIEF OF THE SECRET DESPATCH
29CHAPTER XXVII THE CHEVALIER MAKES HIS LAST APPEARANCE
30CHAPTER XXVIII THE CARREFOUR DE ST. ANTOINE NO. 3
31CHAPTER XXIX ANDRÉ FAILS TO DECIDE
32CHAPTER XXX DENISE HAS TO DECIDE FOR THE LAST TIME
33CHAPTER XXXI FORTUNE’S BANTER
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