Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo (novel)

Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo

Author	E. Phillips Oppenheim
Language	English
Genre	Spy
Publisher	Methuen (UK) Little, Brown & Co (US)
Publication date	1915
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print

Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo is a 1915 spy novel by the British writer E. Phillips Oppenheim. ^[1] The action takes place in Monaco, a favourite setting in the author's novels. ^[2] Oppenheim was a pioneer of the modern spy genre, often giving his works a glamorous international setting. Although published in 1915, it was likely to have been written in 1914. ^[3]

Film adaptation

The same year it was made into an American silent film of the same title directed by Frank Reicher and starring Theodore Roberts, Dorothy Davenport and Carlyle Blackwell. It was produced by Paramount Pictures. ^[4]

References

1. Reilly p.1134
2. Woods p.31
3. Standish p.66
4. Goble p.352

Bibliography

• Britton, Wesley Alan. Beyond Bond: Spies in Fiction and Film. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2005.
• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
• Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015.
• Standish, Robert. The Prince of Storytellers: The Life of E. Phillips Oppenheim. P. Davies, 1957.
• Woods, Brett F. Neutral Ground: A Political History of Espionage Fiction. Algora Publishing, 2008.