Title Matter

Edward Phillips Oppenheim was born in Tottenham in 1866, and educated at Wyggeston Grammar School up to the sixth form in 1883.

Here is his book "The Gallows of Chance" which came out in 1934. It has thirty-three chapters.

Oppenheim produced at least 117 novels between 1887 and 1943:

1) Expiation (1887)
2) Curate and Fiend (1889)
3) A Lawyer's Romance (1890)
4) A Monk of Cruta (1894)
5) The Tragedy of a Week (1894)
6) The Peer and the Woman (1895)
7) A Daughter of the Marionis (1895)
8) False Evidence (1896)
9) The Modern Prometheus (1896)
10) The Mystery of Mr. Bernard Brown (1896)
11) The Wooing of Fortune (1896)
12) The Postmaster of Market Deignton (1897)
13) The Amazing Judgment (1897)
14) Mysterious Mr. Sabin (1898)
15) A Daughter of Astrea (1898)
16) As a Man Lives (1898)
17) Mr. Marx's Secret (1899)
18) The Man and His Kingdom (1899)
19) One Little Thread of Life (1899)
20) The World's Great Snare (1900)
21) A Millionaire of Yesterday (1900)
22) The Survivor (1901)
23) Enoch Strone (1901)
24) A Sleeping Memory (1902)
25) The Traitors (1902)
26) A Prince of Sinners (1903)
27) The Yellow Crayon (1903)
28) The Betrayal (1904)
29) Anna the Adventuress (1904)
30) A Maker of History (1905)
31) The Master Mummer (1905)
32) A Lost Leader (1906)
33) The Tragedy of Adrea (1906)
34) The Malefactor (1906)
35) Berenice (1907)
36) The Avenger (1907)
37) The Great Secret (1908)
38) The Governors (1908)
39) The Distributors (1908) (as Anthony Partridge)
40) The Missioner (1908)
41) The Kingdom of Earth (1909) (as Anthony Partridge)
42) Jeanne of the Marshes (1909)
43) The Illustrious Prince (1910)
44) Passers-By (1910) (as Anthony Partridge)
45) The Lost Ambassador (1910)
46) The Golden Web (1911) (as Anthony Partridge)
47) The Moving Finger (1911)
48) Havoc (1911)
49) The Temptation of Tavernake (1911)
50) The Court of St. Simon (1912) (as Anthony Partridge)
51) The Lighted Way (1912)
52) The Mischief Maker (1913)
53) The Double Life of Mr. Alfred Burton (1913)
54) The Way of These Women (1914)
55) A People's Man (1914)
56) The Vanished Messenger (1914)
57) The Black Box (1915)
58) The Double Traitor (1915)
59) Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo (1915)
60) The Kingdom of the Blind (1916)
61) The Hillman (1917)
62) The Cinema Murder (1917)
63) The Pawns Count (1918)
64) The Zeppelin's Passenger (1918)
65) The Wicked Marquis (1919)
66) The Box with Broken Seals (1919)
67) The Curious Quest (1919)
68) The Great Impersonation (1920)
69) The Devil's Paw (1920)
70) The Profiteers (1921)
71) Jacob's Ladder (1921)
72) Nobody's Man (1921)
73) The Evil Shepherd (1922)
74) The Great Prince Shan (1922)
75) The Inevitable Millionaires (1923)
76) The Mystery Road (1923)
77) The Wrath to Come (1924)
78) The Passionate Quest (1924)
79) Stolen Idols (1925)
80) Gabriel Samara, Peacemaker (1925)
81) The Golden Beast (1926)
82) Prodigals of Monte Carlo (1926)
83) Harvey Garrard's Crime (1926)
84) The Interloper (1927)
85) Miss Brown of X.Y.O. (1927)
86) The Light Beyond (1928)
87) The Fortunate Wayfarer (1928)
88) Matorni's Vineyard (1928)
89) The Treasure House of Martin Hews (1929)
90) The Glenlitten Murder (1929)
91) The Million Pound Deposit (1930)
92) The Lion and the Lamb (1930)
93) Up the Ladder of Gold (1931)
94) Simple Peter Cradd (1931)
95) The Man from Sing Sing (1932)
96) The Ostrekoff Jewels (1932)
97) Murder at Monte Carlo (1933)
98) Jeremiah and the Princess (1933)
99) The Gallows of Chance (1934)
100) The Man without Nerves (1934)
101) The Strange Boarders of Palace Crescent (1934)
102) The Spy Paramount (1934)
103) The Battle of Basinghall Street (1935)
104) Floating Peril (1936)
105) The Magnificent Hoax (1936)
106) The Dumb Gods Speak (1937)
107) Envoy Extraordinary (1937)
108) The Mayor on Horseback (1937)
109) The Colossus of Arcadia (1938)
110) The Spymaster (1938)
111) And Still I Cheat the Gallows (1939)
112) Sir Adam Disappeared (1939)
113) Exit a Dictator (1939)
114) The Strangers' Gate (1939)
115) Last Train Out (1940)
116) The Shy Plutocrat (1941)
117) Mr. Mirakel (1943)