The Best Man - Macgrath, Harold

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Résumé :
A bold invitation to a vanished era, The Best Man returns with the shine of a rediscovered classic. A brisk, brisker-than-life adventure romance that moves from drawing-room intrigue to the edge-of-detective suspense, it feels both intimate and epic. Harold MacGrath's tale blends fast-paced adventure with keen social satire and moral nuance. The plot threads-part political intrigue romance, part social commentary-unfold against the bustle of early twentieth century America, where loyalties shift, reputations hang in the balance, and deception becomes a form of strategy. It's a novel that rewards readers who relish classic american novel textures, early twentieth century fiction, and the fevered atmosphere of turn of the century usa, all delivered with a lucid, modern-reading energy. Alpha Editions is honoured to restore this work not merely as a reprint, but as a cultural treasure. Out of print for decades, the book has been revived for today's and future generations, with careful care for language, cadence, and atmosphere. It speaks to historical fiction readers and classic literature enthusiasts alike, inviting Wilkie Collins fans and Edgar Allan Poe enthusiasts to sense the same tension between danger and conscience. A collector's item that honours its era while speaking to contemporary readers....

Biographie:
American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter Harold MacGrath (September 4, 1871 - October 30, 1922) was a bestselling and prolific author. He occasionally finished more than one mass-market novel per year, with themes including romance, spies, mystery, and adventure. He was the first nationally renowned author hired to produce original screenplays for the fledgling motion picture industry. Additionally, he had three short stories and 18 novels turned into movies, sometimes more than once. Additionally, three of these books were turned into plays that were presented on New York City's Broadway. Although MacGrath spent a lot of time traveling, his home base was always Syracuse, New York, where he was born and reared. He was the son of Thomas H. and Lillian Jane McGrath, and he was born Harold McGrath in Syracuse, New York. Before publishing his first book, a romance titled Arms and Woman, in the late 1890s, he was a teenage reporter and columnist for the Syracuse Herald newspaper. The Puppet Crown, his subsequent novel, reportedly peaked at No. 7 on the New York Times bestseller list for the entire year of 1901. More than one mass-market novel about love, adventure, mystery, spies, and the like was still produced annually by MacGrath....