MARCUS ORLANDO

Full Name:	Marcus Orlando
Nationality:	British
Organization:	British Secret Service
Occupation	Agent

Creator:	Gilbert Frankau
Time Span:	1933 - 1934

ABOUT THE SERIES

Marcus Orlando is an agent with Department Y.

Department Y is a secret division in the British Intelligence community.

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-- interesting facts to make note of:

. has an "elaborate flat in Park Lane", made very comfortable through efforts of his devoted butler, Ivan Dolgourki and that man's wife, Nadja.

. has a Harlequen Dane named Bismarck

. Keeps a steel card-index filled with secret information such as addresses, phone numbers, and other pertinent details, all this kept from inquisitive eyes by the use of Old Turkish script, extending so far as to encrypt it all with a code of his own creation.

. exceptionally good at disguises, so much so that he, in costume, was able to fool his beloved pet, a Harlequin Dane named Bismarck. The narrator does remind us, though, that Great Dane's are not known for their intelligence.

BOOKS

Number of Books:	1
First Appearance:	1934
Last Appearance:	1934


1			Secret Services Written by Gilbert Frankau Copyright: 1934 A collection of 13 short stories previously published in The Strand or The Story-teller and all dealing with espionage in one form or another. The final seven in this anthology all deal with Marcus Orlando. They are: The Secret in Harley Street The Secret at Sainte Marie Sur Mer The Secret in the Citronen Gasschen The Secret in the Slums The Secret in the Steppes The Secret in the Suburb The Secret of His Sire

NOVELLAS AND SHORT STORIES

Number of Stories:	7
First Appearance:	1933
Last Appearance:	1934


1			The Secret In Harley Street short story Written by Gilbert Frankau Copyright: 1933 Story 1 of 7 in The Seven Secrets of Marcus Orlando series, published in The Story-teller, December 1933. Reprinted as part of the anthology A Century of Spy Stories edited by Dennis Wheatley, 1938. Reprinted in Secret Services, a collection of espionage stories by Frankau, 1934. Marcus Orlando is exercising his new horse around a London park when he spots an infamous agent for the Soviet Union attending a Bolshevik rally. Orlando knows the man, a former British physician struck down from practicing, is in the country for no good reason and Orlando wants to know what that is.

2			The Secret Rendezvous short story aka The Secret at Sainte Marie Sur Mer Written by Gilbert Frankau Copyright: 1934 Story 2 of 7 in The Seven Secrets of Marcus Orlando series, published in The Story-teller, January 1934. Reprinted in Secret Services, a collection of espionage stories by Frankau, 1934. [plot unknown]

3			The Secret Of The Riviera short story aka The Secret in the Citronen Gasschen Written by Gilbert Frankau Copyright: 1934 Story 3 of 7 in The Seven Secrets of Marcus Orlando series, published in The Story-teller, February 1934. Reprinted in Secret Services, a collection of espionage stories by Frankau, 1934. [plot unknown]

4			The Secret Of The Tenements short story aka The Secret In The Slums Written by Gilbert Frankau Copyright: 1934 Story 4 of 7 in The Seven Secrets of Marcus Orlando series, published in The Story-teller, March 1934. Reprinted in in Secret Services, a collection of espionage stories by Frankau, 1934. [plot unknown]

5			The Secret Of The Steppes short story aka The Secret In The Steppes Written by Gilbert Frankau Copyright: 1934 Story 5 of 7 in The Seven Secrets of Marcus Orlando series, published in The Story-teller, April 1934. Reprinted in in Secret Services, a collection of espionage stories by Frankau, 1934. [plot unknown]

6			The Secret In The Suburb short story Written by Gilbert Frankau Copyright: 1934 Story 6 of 7 in The Seven Secrets of Marcus Orlando series, published in The Story-teller, May 1934. Reprinted in in Secret Services, a collection of espionage stories by Frankau, 1934. [plot unknown]

7			The Secret Of His Sire short story Written by Gilbert Frankau Copyright: 1934 Story 7 of 7 in The Seven Secrets of Marcus Orlando series, published in The Story-teller, June 1934. Reprinted in in Secret Services, a collection of espionage stories by Frankau, 1934. [plot unknown]

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