Danger to the Duke

Major Michael Moore has been playing a very dangerous part in the Great Game in India where he foils a plot to kill the Viceroy whotells Michael he is now a marked man and that he must return to England immediately. To his astonishment on his way home he reads in a newspaper that following the death of his grandfather he has becomethe Duke of Grangemoore. When he reaches England he decides he willnot announce his arrival to the family Solicitors as he wishes tovisit Grangemoore Hall under another name to see for himself what thesituation is before he takes up his new position as Duke. While he isdriving there he is stopped in the countryside by a beautiful younggirl who begs him frantically to save her. Adela is running away fromher stepmother and she is so persistent that Michael agrees to takeher with him. When Adela and Michael arrive in disguise he discoversan appalling situation because a distant cousin has taken over thehouse and filled it with his friends who are nothing but drunkencriminals. How Michael is saved by Adela from a horrible death and how they both escape and find happiness is told in this exciting romanceby BARBARA CARTLAND.