CLAUD HEATHWAITE
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Full Name: |
Claud Heathwaite |
Nationality: |
British |
Organization: |
Secret Service |
Occupation |
Agent |
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Creator: |
William Le Queux
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Time Span: |
1921 - 1921 |
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ABOUT THE SERIES
Claud Heathwaite is an agent with the British Secret Service.
From his own words we learn at the onset of the recorded adventures his life's story and how he came to work for the intelligence bureau, answering to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a man he does not name specifically but whom he addresses as the Chief.
Heathwaite had been attended Eton followed by studies at Oxford, working towards a career in the diplomatic field. An initial posting as an attaché in Madrid was followed swiftly by stints in Athens, Petrograd (aka Leningrad, aka St. Petersburg), and then Paris. He was well on his way to steady promotion.
Then, in 1912, his father died and in clearing up the man's affairs learned the debts that had accrued. For the next two years he worked diligently in both his diplomatic duties as well as in settling the deceased's estate. The one bright spot in the troubles was his "inheriting" his father's manservant, Quaife, an elderly valet who was very much a cosmopolitan fellow and who would be a stalwart supporter for years to come.
We are told briefly of Heathwaite's strenuous days at the Embassy in Paris during the Great War. Roughly a year after the Armistice, Heathwaite is called into the offices of his future boss where he was told a particularly dangerous but vitally important mission to Russia was needed and he was the man for the job.
From that moment on, Heathwaite was a secret agent, one with a considerable amount of expertise in diplomacy and languages but with no formal training as an operative.
What we will discover in the set of adventures that follow this first escapade is that Heathwaite is a very resourceful and dedicated man who would know danger and excitement in a wide range of places in war-torn Europe.
BOOKS
Number of Books: | 1 |
First Appearance: | 1921 |
Last Appearance: | 1921 |
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The Luck of the Secret Service
Written by William Le Queux
Copyright: 1921
A collection of 8 short stories telling the adventures of British Secret Service agent Claud Heathwaite. The stories are:
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NOVELLAS AND SHORT STORIES
Number of Stories: | 8 |
First Appearance: | 1921 |
Last Appearance: | 1921 |
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The City of Evil
Written by William Le Queux
Copyright: 1921
1st story in the collection . Recruited into British Intelligence, Claud Heathwaite's first mission is to travel to Russia to find the status of a deep cover British operative who has gone missing after being sent to kill Lenin. The Soviet Russia is a major unfriendly place as he finds out.
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The Spotted Handkerchief
Written by William Le Queux
Copyright: 1921
2nd story in the collection . Word has leaked to British Intelligence that a collusion between Greece and Germany to find a way to reduce Germany's required War Reparation payments. Claud Heathwaite is sent Spain where the plot is taking place to learn the facts. It nearly costs him his life.
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"The Expensive Autographs"
Written by William Le Queux
Copyright: 1921
3rd story in the collection . A blackmailer has gotten his hands on several letters of powerful British leaders and is ready to find a buyer for them. Claud Heathwaite is ordered to intercept the transfer and get them for the Crown.
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The Folies Caprice
Written by William Le Queux
Copyright: 1921
4th story in the collection . Traveling to Budapest specifically to make the acquaintance of a "charming little dancer who nightly delighted the patrons of the world famous establishment, the Folies Caprice", Claud Heathwaite is not looking for romance, though he finds it, but to learn what the young spy was really up to.
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The Affair of the Avenue Louise
Written by William Le Queux
Copyright: 1921
5th story in the collection . In Belgium, Claud Heathwaite is monitoring the activity of a older woman who is in fact an infamous foreign spy who is working to undermine the determination of the Allies with regards German repayments for the War.
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A Page of Secret History
Written by William Le Queux
Copyright: 1921
6th story in the collection . In Rome to investigate a communist agitator, Claud Heathwaite is stunned to discover that the man was really a notorious Soviet spy named Filodor, wanted in several countries including Italy. Heathwaite wonders what mischief would bring the man back to a country where, if apprehended, would put him away for the rest of his life.
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The Brown Trunk
Written by William Le Queux
Copyright: 1921
7th story in the collection . Ordered to monitor the activities of several known foreign agents in London, Claud Heathwaite follows them to Holland where they meet up with a lovely young woman who seems particularly protective of a small brown trunk. When she turns up dead, he is even more interested.
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The Copper Clock
Written by William Le Queux
Copyright: 1921
8th story in the collection . It is to the Soviet city of Kharkov that Claud Heathwaite is dispatched by the Chief, his orders being to ascertain if what was feared was really happening there. After some time in the city, he knew to prove it and stop it would require a certain type of help, like that possessed by his own fiancee, Myrtle.
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