Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2017-12-23 Public domain in the USA. 181 Hume, Fergus 1859 1932 Hume, Ferguson Wright Hume, Fergus W. (Ferguson Wright) Tennant, C. Dudley (Charles Dudley) 1866 1952 Tennant, Charles Dudley Tennant, Dudley Dudley Tennant, Charles The Amethyst Cross Produced by Charles Bowen from page scans provided by La Trobe University, Australia "The Amethyst Cross" by Fergus Hume is a novel written in the early 20th century. Set against a backdrop of romance and mystery, the book revolves around the complex relationships and conflicts experienced by its main characters, particularly Lesbia Hale and her love interest, George Walker. Their engagement faces challenges from Lesbia's stern father, Walter Hale, whose mysterious connections and desires complicate their romance, as well as the significance of a peculiar amethyst cross that appears to hold deeper secrets. At the start of the novel, readers are introduced to Lesbia and George as they share a romantic moment by the Thames. However, their idyllic scene is disrupted by Walter Hale's unexpected arrival, revealing his disapproval of their engagement and a strange obsession with a cross that Lesbia has inherited from her late mother. Following this confrontation, the plot thickens with George being assaulted under mysterious circumstances, and an exploration of the theft of the cross from his home leads to further intrigue. Lesbia's inner turmoil about her father's behavior and George's predicament sets the stage for a convoluted tale of love, familial obligations, and hidden truths. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 82.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. en England -- Fiction Jewelry theft -- Fiction Mystery fiction Identity -- Fiction PR Text Category: Romance Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Novels 542808 2025-07-22T11:10:09.814414 text/html 540514 2024-10-23T03:02:18 text/html 669662 2025-07-22T11:10:16.663458 application/epub+zip 679239 2025-07-22T11:10:11.294444 application/epub+zip 268783 2025-07-22T11:10:10.512398 application/epub+zip 446195 2025-07-22T11:10:20.420483 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 426067 2025-07-22T11:10:15.896398 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 358196 2022-08-25T10:32:32.228176 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 506846 2025-07-22T11:10:08.107446 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 487098 2024-10-23T03:02:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17804 2025-07-22T11:10:20.554395 application/rdf+xml 18848 2025-07-22T11:10:10.619428 image/jpeg 2873 2025-07-22T11:10:10.568416 image/jpeg 1153892 2025-07-22T11:10:09.866460 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia