The Man In Black (1894)
Thus far I have read about 8-10 Stanley Weyman books and oddly enough I have to say that this is probably his best along with Gentleman Of France. I say oddly, because this book is quite odd for a Stanley J. Weyman book in that the tale is not one of swashbuckling romance as so many of his greats are; though there are parallels in his writings (for instance, A Little Wizard).
Like his later book A Little Wizard this book follows the tale of a young boy (12) who has an unlucky streak of fortune, but as with all Weyman book's it turns out alright in the end for him. I rank this up there as one of his best books because there is not one lull throughout the entire book... During my brief week of reading it, I was dying to turn to the next page and highly disappointed when I was too tired or had something else to do. The story is engaging, terrifying and suspenseful and as I said, though it us unusual for a Weyman book, it is also one of his best.
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