Secrets of German espionage

Reprint from the publication. Petrograd, 1915. Edward Phillips Oppenheim (Edward Phillips Oppenheim, 1866-1946) was born in the Skornyak family in Leiceer. He did not receive a serious education, and from an early age, for 20 years, he worked in the company of his father for the production of skin, and composed novels at night. The first novel of Oppenheim"s Atonement was published in 1887 and immediately brought popularity to the writer, he was filmed in 1922. Having published about 30 books, in 1906, 40-year-old Oppenheim finally sold his father"s business and settled on the French Riviera, where he led a luxurious Life, arranging techniques on your yacht, and in their free time visiting Monte Carlo. Oppenheimer was the only writer of the 20th century who kept in his service at the same time as a secretary, a footman, a driver, a masseur and a manicure. In total, the pen of a prolific writer owns 37 collections of stories and 115 novels, 5 of them came out under the pseudonym Anthony Partridge. Oppenheim was accompanied by unprecedented material success. He himself proudly called himself proudly called himself "Prince of StoryTeller", the researchers honored him with a more modest title "of one of the initiators of the thriller genre." He was one of the first authors of spy novels. Circulation 30 copies. Made using Print-on-Demand technology