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He's a lady's man, a man's man--and a wanted man, on the run in 1930s Europe.... Meet conman Blacky Lee, ruggedly handsome with a quick wit and a roguish charm. Think Clark Gable--with larceny in his heart and a price on his head. A price put there by the German Gestapo. But Blacky's always got an angle, and this time it's as audacious as they come. He'll hide in plain sight, with the stolen identity of the crowned head of a Balkan kingdom--the Iron Duke. Can he pull it off? Win the love of a country beset with communism ... and of the beautiful Countess? All Blacky has to do is risk everything--and, for once in his life, find a way to do the right thing and reform. Hubbard and Gable were fast friends and fellow adventurers. While Hubbard was writing for Columbia Pictures in 1937, the studio often called upon him to doctor scripts for Gable--giving him a unique knowledge of the man and inspiration for characters like Blacky Lee. ""Colorful prose, lively action writing, exotic locales...excellent."" --Ellery Queen

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Prolific pulp-fiction author Hubbard (1911-1986) offers a variation on a familiar romantic theme with this fast-paced...thriller set in WWII Europe. Blacky Lee, an American weapons dealer, just happens to be the spitting image of Archduke Philip of Aldoria, a coincidence that enables him to dodge Nazis and ensnare the heart of the attractive Countess Zita. --Publishers Weekly<p>

Two novellas, first published in the magazine Five-Novels (in 1940 and 1947 respectively), reiterate the case for Hubbard as one of the great pulp writers, with colorful prose, lively action writing, exotic locales, fresh variations on standard characters and situations, and well-constructed plots. In Iron Duke , Blacky Lee, fleeing the Nazis with his less adventurous sidekick, impersonates the archduke of a Balkan country coveted by the Communists. Both find romance along with derring-do. As with other Hubbard volumes from this publisher, the packaging (including bright cover art, interior illustrations, glossary, and added information on the author) is excellent. --Ellery Queen

Two novellas, first published in the magazine Five-Novels (in 1940 and 1947 respectively), reiterate the case for Hubbard as one of the great pulp writers, with colorful prose, lively action writing, exotic locales, fresh variations on standard characters and situations, and well-constructed plots. In Iron Duke , Blacky Lee, fleeing the Nazis with his less adventurous sidekick, impersonates the archduke of a Balkan country coveted by the Communists, while in Chee-Chalker (the term denotes a newcomer to Alaska), FBI agent Bill Norton is in Ketchikan to look for his vanished boss and thwart a heroin ring. Both find romance along with derring-do. As with other Hubbard volumes from this publisher, the packaging (including bright cover art, interior illustrations, glossary, and added information on the author) is excellent. --Ellery Queen

. . . the adventure ones are just so much fun, that you wish <br> there were more things written like them. <br> --Kevin J. Anderson

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With 19 New York Times bestsellers and more than 320 million copies of his works in circulation, L. Ron Hubbard is among the most enduring and widely read authors of our time. As a leading light of American Pulp Fiction through the 1930s and '40s, he is further among the most influential authors of the modern age. Indeed, from Ray Bradbury to Stephen King, there is scarcely a master of imaginative tales who has not paid tribute to L. Ron Hubbard.

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