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    V for Vengeance

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      ‘Yes,’ said Gregory quietly. ‘I rather think it might.’ And a few minutes later, as the Lieutenant was called away by some message from the bridge, Gregory smiled to himself.

      Those few words had been so typical of the English spirit. Evidently the nice efficient young officer had not yet visualised the vast potentialities of the Soviet Union—the greatest land Power in the world. He regarded the new war as another episode in the war between Britain and Germany which might prove helpful to the British cause. Without thinking very much about it, he was just calmly and superbly confident that, whoever might come in with or against Britain, she was bound to be victorious in the end.

      As the afternoon sunlight played on Dover’s cliffs Gregory was very proud to be an Englishman.

      A Note on the Author

      DENNIS WHEATLEY

      Dennis Wheatley (1897 – 1977) was an English author whose prolific output of stylish thrillers and occult novels made him one of the world's best-selling writers from the 1930s through the 1960s.

      Wheatley was the eldest of three children, and his parents were the owners of Wheatley & Son of Mayfair, a wine business. He admitted to little aptitude for schooling, and was expelled from Dulwich College, London. In 1919 he assumed management of the family wine business but in 1931, after a decline in business due to the depression, he began writing.

      His first book, The Forbidden Territory, became a bestseller overnight, and since then his books have sold over 50 million copies worldwide. During the 1960s, his publishers sold one million copies of Wheatley titles per year, and his Gregory Sallust series was one of the main inspirations for Ian Fleming’s James Bond stories.

      During the Second World War, Wheatley was a member of the London Controlling Section, which secretly coordinated strategic military deception and cover plans. His literary talents gained him employment with planning staffs for the War Office. He wrote numerous papers for the War Office, including suggestions for dealing with a German invasion of Britain.

      Dennis Wheatley died on 11th November 1977. During his life he wrote over 70 books and sold over 50 million copies.

      Discover books by Dennis Wheatley published by Bloomsbury Reader at

      www.bloomsbury.com/DennisWheatley

      Duke de Richleau

      The Forbidden Territory

      The Devil Rides Out

      The Golden Spaniard

      Three Inquisitive People

      Strange Conflict

      Codeword Golden Fleece

      The Second Seal

      The Prisoner in the Mask

      Vendetta in Spain

      Dangerous Inheritance

      Gateway to Hell

      Gregory Sallust

      Black August

      Contraband

      The Scarlet Impostor

      Faked Passports

      The Black Baroness

      V for Vengeance

      Come into My Parlour

      The Island Where Time Stands Still

      Traitors’ Gate

      They Used Dark Forces

      The White Witch of the South Seas

      Julian Day

      The Quest of Julian Day

      The Sword of Fate

      Bill for the Use of a Body

      Roger Brook

      The Launching of Roger Brook

      The Shadow of Tyburn Tree

      The Rising Storm

      The Man Who Killed the King

      The Dark Secret of Josephine

      The Rape of Venice

      The Sultan’s Daughter

      The Wanton Princess

      Evil in a Mask

      The Ravishing of Lady Mary Ware

      The Irish Witch

      Desperate Measures

      Molly Fountain

      To the Devil a Daughter

      The Satanist

      Lost World

      They Found Atlantis

      Uncharted Seas

      The Man Who Missed the War

      Espionage

      Mayhem in Greece

      The Eunuch of Stamboul

      The Fabulous Valley

      The Strange Story of Linda Lee

      Such Power is Dangerous

      The Secret War

      Science Fiction

      Sixty Days to Live

      Star of Ill-Omen

      Black Magic

      The Haunting of Toby Jugg

      The KA of Gifford Hillary

      Unholy Crusade

      Short Stories

      Mediterranean Nights

      Gunmen, Gallants and Ghosts

      This electronic edition published in 2013 by Bloomsbury Reader

      Bloomsbury Reader is a division of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 50 Bedford Square,

      London WC1B 3DP

      First published in 1942 by Arrow Books

      Copyright © 1942 Dennis Wheatley

      All rights reserved

      You may not copy, distribute, transmit, reproduce or otherwise

      make available this publication (or any part of it) in any form, or by any means

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      printing, recording or otherwise), without the prior written permission of the

      publisher. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication

      may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages.

      The moral right of the author is asserted.

      eISBN: 9781448212774

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