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The Story of the Czarina's Diamonds by Richard Harding Davis

· 28 min

Episode The Story of the Czarina's Diamonds by Richard Harding Davis

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Following on from The Story of the Naval Attaché last week, we move onto part 2 of Richard Harding Davis's novella: In The Fog, in which a Queen's Messenger has an encounter with the seductive, charming, ruthless, femme fatale, Russian spy Princess Zichy.

It takes place not in the fog, but in an overnight train from Paris to the French Riviera.

Oozing period charm, it reminded me a bit of The Lady Vanishes.

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