An exciting historical espionage novel by the best-selling master thriller writer Dennis Wheatley (1897–1977). Set in Venice and India in the closing years of the 18th century against the background of the French Revolutionary Wars and the rise of Napoleon. Featuring the English secret agent Roger Brook who also appears in other novels by Wheatley. This 1st edition (1959) hardback copy has an attractive coloured wrap-around dust jacket with views of Venice framed by arches and columns front and back, designed by Sax; also decorative endpapers in b&w showing a bird's-eye view of Venice in the 18th century with main locations picked out.