A quirky and light-hearted novel from author E. Phillips Oppenheim, โAn Amiable Charlatanโ charts the story of a young English aristocrat who finds himself caught up in the lives of a con-artist and his beautiful daughter. Romance inevitably ensues, and there are plenty of humorous twists and turns in this amusing tale from the much-loved author. E. Phillips Oppenheim (1866-1946) was a hugely prolific and highly popular British author of novels and short stories. Born in Tottenham, London, Oppenheim left school as a teenager and worked for his leather-merchant father for 20 years prior to launching his literary career. Oppenheim published five novels under the pseudonym โAnthony Partridgeโ before establishing his reputation as a writer under his own name. An internationally successful author, Oppenheimโs stories revolved mainly around glamourous characters, luxurious settings, and themes of espionage, suspense, and crime. He is widely regarded as one of the earliest pioneers of the thriller and spy-fiction genre as it is recognised today. Oppenheimโs incredible literary success meant that his own life soon began to mirror that of his opulent characters. He held lavish, Gatsby-style parties at his French Villa and was rumoured to have had frequent love affairs aboard his luxury yacht. Oppenheimโs success earned him the cover of Time magazine in 1927. Some of his most well-known novels include โThe Great Impersonationโ, โThe Long Arm of Mannisterโ and โThe Moving Fingerโ.