John Taine’s The Purple Sapphire, an excellent 1924 lost world adventure tale. There's a kidnapped girl, an extraordinary sapphire and a genuinely interesting lost civilisation which is no utopia, there are complex heroes and plenty of danger.

My review: https://vintagepopfictions.blogspot.com/2023/10/john-taines-purple-sapphire.html

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