Lord Lister No. 0126: Het politieraadsel by Kurt Matull and Theo von Blankensee
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"Lord Lister No. 0126: Het politieraadsel" by Kurt Matull and Theo von Blankensee is a serialized crime-adventure story written in the early 20th century. The tale follows gentleman-criminal Lord Lister, alias Raffles, as he probes the sinister goings-on at the isolated castle Bartram-Haugh, where the domineering La Rougière keeps his daughter Charlotte and her governess Mademoiselle Rochefort under near-house arrest. Secret-society plots, regicide, and locked‑castle intrigue drive a rescue-and-infiltration mission led by
Raffles and his companion Charly Brand. The opening of the story sketches the gloomy history of Bartram-Haugh and its takeover by the secretive Frenchman La Rougière, who hates light, keeps vicious dogs, and controls every movement within the walls. Mademoiselle Rochefort arrives to teach Charlotte, clashes with the oppressive rules, wins the girl’s trust, and learns La Rougière leads nihilists behind recent royal assassinations; fearing for their lives, she seeks outside help. Raffles and Charly, in Derbyshire for “rest,” encounter the veiled pair, arrange a signal, and Raffles later scales the tower to retrieve a plea for rescue. That night he crosses the moat, silently neutralizes a guard dog, observes a clandestine meeting and a hidden cash box, then ambushes La Rougière and forces entry—just as the scene shifts toward alerting Charly and subduing the mute gatekeeper. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Matull, Kurt, 1872-1920 |
|---|---|
| Author | Blankensee, Theo von, 1881-1928 |
| Title | Lord Lister No. 0126: Het politieraadsel |
| Original Publication | Amsterdam: Roman- Boek- en Kunsthandel, 1910, pubdate 1923. |
| Credits | Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 75.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | Dutch |
| LoC Class | PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures |
| Subject | Detective and mystery stories -- Periodicals |
| Subject | Dime novels -- Periodicals |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 76187 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-76187-9 |
| Release Date | May 29, 2025 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 424 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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