Bull-dog Drummond: The Adventures of a Demobilised Officer Who Found Peace Dull
Author | : H. C. McNeile |
Publisher | : DigiCat |
Total Pages | : 235 |
Release | : 2022-06-02 |
ISBN-10 | : EAN:8596547052166 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (66 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: "Bull-dog Drummond" by H. C. McNeile is a novel that begins with ex-British Army Captain Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond, DSO, MC, a wealthy former World War I officer of the Loamshire Regiment. He places an advertisement in The Times stating his desire for an adventure and receives a reply from a young woman, concerned about some business acquaintances of her father. It turns out that her father is being blackmailed by archvillain Carl Peterson who is attempting to organize a coup d'état to enable a pro-communist takeover of Britain. Drummond is captured several times, and manages to escape several times, before eventually defeating Peterson...