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Title: Valerie French
Author: Yates, Dornford [Mercer, Cecil William] (1885-1960)
Date of first publication: 1923
Edition used as base for this ebook:
London and Melbourne: Ward, Lock & Co., 1945
Date first posted: 25 December 2012
Date last updated: October 17, 2014
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VALERIE FRENCH
BY
DORNFORD YATES
WARD, LOCK & CO., LIMITED
LONDON AND MELBOURNE
Library Editions of “Valerie French”
First Published . . . . 1923
Reprinted . . . . . . . 1925
Reprinted . . . . . . . 1928
Reprinted . . . . . . . 1929
Reprinted . . . . . . . 1931
Reprinted . . . . . . . 1934
Reprinted . . . . . . . 1936
Reprinted . . . . . . . 1940
Reprinted . . . . . . . 1942
Reprinted . . . . . . . 1943
Reprinted . . . . . . . 1944
Reprinted . . . . . . . 1945
MADE IN ENGLAND
Printed in Great Britain by Butler & Tanner Ltd., Frome and London
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
Published by
WARD, LOCK & Co,. LTD.
THE “BERRY” BOOKS
THE BROTHER OF DAPHNE
THE COURTS OF IDLENESS
BERRY AND CO.
JONAH AND CO.
ADELE AND CO.
AND BERRY CAME TOO
THE HOUSE THAT BERRY BUILT
THE “CHANDOS” BOOKS
BLIND CORNER
PERISHABLE GOODS
BLOOD ROYAL
FIRE BELOW
SHE FELL AMONG THIEVES
AN EYE FOR A TOOTH
RED IN THE MORNING
OTHER VOLUMES
THE STOLEN MARCH
THIS PUBLICAN
ANTHONY LYVEDEN
VALERIE FRENCH
SAFE CUSTODY
STORM MUSIC
AND FIVE WERE FOOLISH
AS OTHER MEN ARE
MAIDEN STAKES
SHE PAINTED HER FACE
GALE WARNING
SHOAL WATER
PERIOD STUFF
To
THE ENGLISH
TO WHOM
TO LIVE, OR DIE, ACCORDING
TO THE BEST TRADITIONS
COMES NATURAL.
CONTENTS
CHAP.
I A Pillar of Salt
II Leviathan
III Figs of Thistles
IV Blind Alley
V Fallacy Row
VI Poor Players
VII The Sieve of Vanity
VIII Straight Street
IX The Swine’s Snout
X Until the Day Break
VALERIE FRENCH
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