Lady Whittingham's Diamond Bracelet single work   short story   crime  
Issue Details: First known date: 1896... 1896 Lady Whittingham's Diamond Bracelet
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London society. A clever theft is achieved at a society ball by a man impersonating a detective who offers to substitute a false diamond bracelet for one worn by Lady W. and thus catch the thief. Elaborate hoax involving the supposed thief and the return of the bracelet - only it is the false one. Sub-text - Lady W. is unknown but beautiful wife of Lord W. and all society is anxious to see and judge her. Who is what they seem in society? Slight. (PB)

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  • From Vanity Fair

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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 31 no. 376 September 1896 Z1052832 1896 periodical issue 1896 pg. 667-668
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    Western Europe, Europe,
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