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In “The Paradise of Thieves,” Father Brown is travelling in Italy when he comes across a strange situation. An English family on vacation is in the guidance of a local courier, and the daughter is also flirting with an Italian poet and musician who appears to be something of a lothario.
But Father Brown senses that something is not right. And when the party sets off to cross a mountain pass which is still rumored to the the preserve of robbers and brigands, he decides to accompany them and see what happens next.
Before long there is what appears to be an unfortunate road accident with the coach … but then the ‘King of Thieves’ and his band of robbers reveal themselves, and the situation becomes desperate … But still, Father Brown has a feeling that everything is not quite as it seems.
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About G. K. Chesterton
Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936) was born in London. He went on to study art at the Slade School and literature at University College in London. Chesterton wrote a great deal of poetry, as well as works of social and literary criticism. Among his most notable books are The Man Who Was Thursday, a metaphysical thriller, and The Everlasting Man, a history of humankind’s spiritual progress. After his conversion to Catholicism in 1922, Chesterton wrote mainly on religious topics such as in Orthodoxy and Heretics. He is most known for creating the famous priest-detective character Father Brown, who first appeared in The Innocence of Father Brown.