Lost Empires: Being Richard Herncastle's Account of His Life on the Variety Stage from November 1913 to August 1914 Together with a Prologue and Epilogue

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Reprint Society, 1965 - English fiction - 308 pages
In 1913, young Richard Herncastle, escapes from a stuffy, provincial English background into the glitter and excitement of the theatre world. The mystery of illusions, on and off the stage, is eventually shattered for Richard, whose dream of becoming a famous painter becomes sidetracked while he contends with men gone nearly insane, the lusts of countless women, and a murder that hangs over his head.

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