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A servant of Satan: Romantic career of Prado the assassin

Chapter 1: A SERVANT OF SATAN.
By Louis Berard
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The narrative presents the confessions and career of an urbane assassin known as Prado, reconstructed from his notes to a friend on the eve of his execution. It chronicles his refined appearance, wide travels, and social ease alongside a secret life of calculated killings targeted at wealthy women, describing methods, motives, and escapes. Interwoven with police reports and eyewitness recollections from multiple cities, the account follows the unraveling investigation that traces clues across borders and ultimately leads to his capture and capital punishment, offering an episodic portrait of criminal ingenuity and downfall.

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Title: A servant of Satan: Romantic career of Prado the assassin

Author: Louis Berard

Release date: May 28, 2017 [eBook #54805]
Most recently updated: October 23, 2024

Language: English

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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A SERVANT OF SATAN: ROMANTIC CAREER OF PRADO THE ASSASSIN ***

THE SELECT SERIES
OF
POPULAR AMERICAN COPYRIGHT NOVELS.

This Series is issued monthly, and fully illustrated. The following are the latest issues:

No. 22—A HEART'S BITTERNESS, by Bertha M. Clay.
No. 21—THE LOST BRIDE, by Clara Augusta.
No. 20—INGOMAR, by Nathan D. Urner.
No. 19—A LATE REPENTANCE, by Mrs. Mary A. Denison.
No. 18—ROSAMOND, by Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller.
No. 17—THE HOUSE OF SECRETS, by Mrs. Harriet Lewis.
No. 16—SIBYL'S INFLUENCE, by Mrs. Georgie Sheldon.
No. 15—THE VIRGINIA HEIRESS, by May Agnes Fleming.
No. 14—FLORENCE FALKLAND, by Burke Brentford.
No. 13—THE BRIDE ELECT, by Annie Ashmore.
No. 12—THE PHANTOM WIFE, by Mrs. M. V. Victor.
No. 11—BADLY MATCHED, by Helen Corwin Pierce.

Yours truly
Prado.
The Far and Near Series—No. 8.
Issued Monthly.
Subscription Price, $3.00 Per Year.
JUNE, 1889.
Entered at the Post-Office, New York, as Second-Class Matter.

A SERVANT OF SATAN.

Romantic Career of PRADO the Assassin.

From Notes Communicated to a Friend on the Eve of His Execution.

An Extraordinary Record of Crime in Many Lands—He was Reared in a Royal Palace.

The Great Riddle which the French Police were Unable to Solve.

By LOUIS BERARD.

NEW YORK:
STREET & SMITH, Publishers,
31 Rose Street.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1889,
By Street & Smith,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.