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Opera plot entwines ruby theft and a mysterious lover
In a tale of jewels and ambition, Margaret Donne and Rufus Van Torp form a company to build a New York opera house while a ruby theft and a possible reappearance of a vanished lover complicate plans. Lady Maud seeks truth about her husband’s fate as Van Torp maneuvers through scandal and intrigue aboard a Mediterranean chase.
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Apter
Margaret Donne
Maria Cordova
London
Kon Logotheti
Maud
St.burg
Rufus van Torp
Can
van Torp
Margaret
Lady Maud
Logotheti
ER III
Baraka
Versailles
Venice
Hawe
United States
van Torpe
New York
Wall Street
Bayreuth
Rockies
Europe
Mar-garet
Mme. da Cordova and
Pinney
Saint Vincent
Mediterranean
England
Gibraltar
Logotheni
Cape Saint Vincent
Erima
Leven
Harecourt
Asia
Mr. van ‘Torp
Syvain
Mr. van Torp
van Toop
Count Krasinsky