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Sexton Blake Meets His Greatest Female Foe! ""What a wonderful woman!... What a brain-what thoroughness! Truly, my unknown friend, you give the chase a decided zest!"" Sexton Blake, Beyond Reach of the Law Mademoiselle Yvonne Cartier. Yvonne the Adventuress. The Princess of Mystery. Whatever her title, most fans agree her first appearance changed Sexton Blake's world forever. No female adversary before her matched her in style and daring, no one before her captured the detective's heart so thoroughly. She quickly became a fan favourite and appeared in Blake adventures for thirteen years, at first matching wits with the great detective and then later fighting alongside him. Yvonne's story begins with an act of betrayal. Towards the end of the Edwardian age, the Cartiers are swindled out of their land in Australia. Yvonne swears vengeance upon the eight men who destroyed her family and begins to go after them one by one. Her exploits were wildly popular, the public enthralled by the tale of a young woman righting wrongs in the vein of a female Count of Monte Cristo. Readers wrote in from all around the globe, praising the Yvonne tales, some asking the editors to have Sexton Blake marry Yvonne and have them fight crime side by side. The 'Vengeance Series' ran in the Union Jack from January to July 1913 and was comprised of the eight titles collected in this anthology: Beyond Reach of the Law, When Greek Meets Greek, On the Brink of Ruin, Settling Day, A Minister of the Crown, The Detective Airman, The Missing Guests and By Right of Possession. Of special note: When Greek Meets Greek also marks the debut of legendary Blake foe Dr. Huxton Rymer. You'll find out more about him in our second Teed anthology Sexton Blake: Rymer and Wu Ling. This is the first of fourteen anthologies that collects G. H. Teed's most popular works from 1913 to 1917. Each edition includes all of the original illustrations! Enjoy!

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"Beyond Reach of the Law ★★★★★ Mark Hodder, Sexton Blake Bibliography, Blakiana When Greek Meets Greek ★★★★★ Mark Hodder, Sexton Blake Bibliography, Blakiana On the Brink of Ruin ★★★★★ Mark Hodder, Sexton Blake Bibliography, Blakiana The Detective Airman ★★★★ Mark Hodder, Sexton Blake Bibliography, Blakiana By Right of Possession ★★★★ Mark Hodder, Sexton Blake Bibliography, Blakiana ""Dear Skipper, I hope you will excuse me taking the liberty of writing to you, but I feel that I must say something to you about your new character, Yvonne. I have been reading the .U.J. for a few years now, but none of the yarns come up to the one about the above-mentioned person. I am delighted with it, and shall tell all my friends about it, and try and induce them to read it every week."" W.J.G, Crumpsall, Manchester. Letter to the Skipper, 1913 ""I know that I am expressing the opinion of every one of the readers of the good old Union Jack when I say that your first Yvonne yarn is going to score a complete triumph, and I heartily congratulate you."", Letter to the Skipper, 1913 ""Regarding the new series of tales dealing with the adventures of Yvonne, I can only say that they are, like all the other tales that appear in your paper, in one word, sterling.'"" William E. Hoole, Letter to the Skipper, 1913"

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George Hamilton Teed (1886-1938) was a Canadian author who specialized in adventure fiction and detective stories. He is best remembered for his tales of Sexton Blake, a fictional British detective who was wildly popular during the first half of the twentieth century. Over 200 authors penned Blake tales throughout the character's 70-year run, and Teed is considered by many to be ""the master of them all.""

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