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A Lost Leader (novel)

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A Lost Leader
First US edition
AuthorE. Phillips Oppenheim
LanguageEnglish
GenreDrama
PublisherWard, Lock
Little, Brown (US)
Publication date
1906
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint

A Lost Leader is a 1906 politically-themed novel by British writer E. Phillips Oppenheim.[1][2] Later better known for his thrillers, it was one of several novels Oppenheim wrote at the time centred on "social political life".[3] In it, a potential Liberal Party politician, Lawrence Mannering, is lured back from his country estate to London to revive the party's fortunes.

Adaptation

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In 1922 it was adapted into a British silent film of the same title directed by George Ridgwell and starring Robert English, Dorothy Fane and George Bellamy.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Server p.203
  2. ^ Reilly p.1133
  3. ^ Panek p.17
  4. ^ Goble p.591

Bibliography

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  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.
  • Server, Lee. Encyclopedia of Pulp Fiction Writers. Infobase Publishing, 2014.