This rousing story was originally published as several tales in serial form. The author collected the stories, revised and edited them, and republished the work as a novel in 1905. The book, which is also under the title The Romance of Terence O'Rour... Read more

This rousing story was originally published as several tales in serial form. The author collected the stories, revised and edited them, and republished the work as a novel in 1905. The book, which is also under the title The Romance of Terence O'Rourke, follows the adventures of an Irishman, Colonel Terence O'Rourke, adventurer and soldier of fortune as he winds his way around Paris and the Mediterranean area from Tangiers to Cairo. This well written story, full of wonderful descriptions of the sights and sounds of the areas traversed, takes O'Rourke through many trials and tribulations as he tries to build his fortune to win the woman of his dreams. If you enjoy stories like The Three Musketeers and Zorro then you will thoroughly enjoy this work.Author Louis Joseph Vance (1879–1933) was an American adventure/thriller novelist with many titles to his name. If you enjoy this novel then be sure to read the continuation of O'Rourke's adventures in The Pool of Flame also available from Snazz eBooks™.This eBook edition was carefully prepared by referring to an original text to correct scanning errors that are common in other versions. Old spellings and word usages have been preserved, but obvious spelling and other typesetting mistakes in the original have been corrected.This edition was prepared and edited by Snazz eBooks™.Original cover design and other original content of this edition are Copyright © 2015 by Snazz eBooks™. All rights reserved. No reproduction by any means is allowed without permission.Here is an excerpt:O'Rourke conceived that De Brissac supposed he could be cut down instantly, once his antagonist managed to possess himself of the saber. And he thought grimly that De Brissac was not so far wrong.Chance aided him--or the luck of the O'Rourkes. For an instant De Brissac managed to break away; but as he did so, O'Rourke's fingers brushed the hilt of his revolver in the man's belt, and closed upon it, withdrawing the weapon.De Brissac spat an oath between his teeth, and sprang. O'Rourke was too quick for him. There was no time to aim, or even to fire. There was time only sufficient for him to dash the hand that held the revolver into the man's face, and O'Rourke did that with all his heart.The man reeled, staggering, caught his heel upon the threshold of the door, and fell backward, grabbing frantically at the empty air. He shrieked once, and disappeared utterly, with the instantaneous effect of the vanishing of a kinetoscopic picture. Less