Alfred Edward Woodley Mason — The Broken Road

London, Smith, Elder, and Co. 1907. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this adventure-romance novel from prolific English author A. E. W. Mason. The first edition of this work.In the publisher's original cloth binding. This novel, set in India during the period of British rule, follows the repercussions of the construction of a road that infiltrates the local tribes of Chiltistan. The son of the murdered British army officer who was overseeing the road's construction, Dick Linforth, sets out to complete his father's project. From English author and Liberal Party Member of Parliament, Alfred Edward Woodley Mason, who was the creator of Inspector Hanaud, a French detective who acted as inspiration for Agatha Christie's popular Hercule Poirot. In the original cloth binding. Externally, smart. With rubbing and bumping to the extremities and marks to the boards. Discolouration to the spine cloth. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with offsetting to the endpapers. Scattered spotting to the first and last sections of the work. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .