lieu of picking a favourite today, I will spotlight 11a for its soupcon of historical accuracy. While there is no reason why clues should be accurate in a historical, geographic, or any other sense, I am always intrigued when they are. The novel in 11a was, in fact, published by Longmans but I suspect it was the second H. Rider Haggard novel to be published by that firm (the first likely being Allan Quatermain).
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