Love, Honor, and a Murderous Deception: "The Greatest of All" (1933)

Happy Early Valentine’s Day to all you lovers out there! This week’s story is a romance—what else would you expect from the Rocketeer this week? “The Greatest of All” (1933) is a romance by popular love story writer, Philippa Preston.

Author, Philippa Preston (I think)

Characters in “The Greatest of All” mentioned in the podcast:

• Audrey Merivale: the heroine

• Shane Carter: the love interest

• Sonia Carter: Shane’s younger sister

• John Andrews: Sonia’s fiance

• Leonard Peters: Trouble with a capital “T”

• William Marash: An amateur detective

• Detective Leyton: the detective on the murder case and a friend of Marash

• Elma Beverley: A socialite who wants to marry Shane Carter

My copy of “The Greatest of All.” Cover art by Modest Stein. I love how they waved the text for “A Love Story by.” This was a popular trend on book covers during the 1920s and ‘30s. It’s a very Art Deco technique.

The original use of the cover art

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