The story of Henry Pulling, a retired and complacent bank manager, who meets his septuagenarian Aunt Augusta for the first time at what he supposes to be his mother's funeral. She soon persuades Henry to abandon his dull suburban existence to travel her to Brighton, Paris, Istanbul, Paraguay. Through Aunt Augusta, one of Greene's greatest comic creations, Henry joins a shiftless, twilight society; mixes with hippies, war criminals, and CIA men; smokes pot and breaks all currency regulations.

"Sam embarks on the most important and perilous Hunt of her life as she seeks the secret of aqua vitae, an elixir that could restore her grandfather's priceless knowledge and memories.

From the author of the "New York Times" bestseller "Shadows of a Princess" comes the inside story of Princess Diana's journeys in public and private--with over 250 previously unpublished photographs.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1869.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1869.