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Circus & Carnival

The emperor's candlesticks

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    Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness's The emperor's candlesticks is a circus fiction novel. Readers will find themes of Carnival.

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    About The emperor's candlesticks

    "The Emperor's Candlesticks" by Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy is a historical novel published in 1899. Set in pre-World War I Europe and Russia, the story follows two spies who both attempt to use a pair of hollow imperial candlesticks to smuggle secret messages. When the candlesticks vanish at the border, a Russian anarchist idealist and a beautiful Tsarist agent race desperately to retrieve them, knowing their lives hang in the balance.
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    • Spy stories
    • Vienna, Austria
    • Carnival

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    The emperor's candlesticks was written by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness.

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    It is usually shelved as Circus & Carnival.

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    Yes. It is in the public domain in the United States and can be read free on Project Gutenberg in EPUB, Kindle and HTML formats.

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