Mr. Mirakel

Mr. Mirakel is the last novel written by E.

• Phillips Oppenheim in 1943.

• He meets Miss Anne Strangeways in the seaplane terminal.
• The two board an airboat for London.

Marquis Roderigo de Cordovina is leaving his Portuguese estates in Lisbon because he is being pressured to join the German military and command a mechanical battalion. Shortly thereafter, they meet again at the home of Princess Rosina Di Gomez who is the niece of the Portuguese Ambassador.

• At this point the plot changes to encompass the arrival of Mr.

Mirakel, a mysterious, wealthy, well-connected personage who insinuates himself in the company. Thereafter, the book becomes a strange fantasy about a remote land of tropical perfection where war, and rumors of war, are unknown!