E. Phillips Oppenheim was a prolific novelist, producing over 100 works of intrigue and spies.

During WW1, Oppenheim worked at the Ministry of Information; when looking for villains, he tended to draw on Prussian anarchists, to such a degree that one reviewer lamented the 'baldness of his propaganda'.
The Great Impersonation is possibly his most well-known, and considered his best. It was also filmed several times.

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