# Lionel Grantham — Continental Op Stories character guide

> Lionel Grantham in Continental Op Stories by Dashiell Hammett.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Lionel Grantham, Grantham, this Lionel Grantham, Lionel, The Grantham, young Grantham, Lionel the First

**First appearance:** 0175-this-king-business

## Who they are

Lionel Grantham bankrolled a revolution and got himself crowned for it, a nervous young king whose throne is worth exactly what someone will pay him to leave it.

## In the story

### [I: “Yes”—and “No”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/i-yes-and-no)

Young American heir who came into a large inheritance and is now in Stefania, possibly being swindled.

### [II: Romaine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/ii-romaine)

The subject of the Op's inquiry, described by Romaine as charming but naive and inexperienced.

### [III: Shadowing](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/iii-shadowing)

Young man with a tall, athletic build and aloof expression; the Op observes him at a restaurant.

### [IV: Introductions](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/iv-introductions)

Grateful to the Op for stopping the attack; appears uneasy during the interrogation.

### [V: A Flogging](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/v-a-flogging)

Visibly disturbed by the flogging, counts the strokes, and eventually goes to the window to escape the scene.

### [VI: Cards on the Table](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/vi-cards-on-the-table)

Listens to the Op's confession with suspicion, maintains a calm exterior, and dismisses the Op.

### [VII: Lionel's Plans](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/vii-lionel-s-plans)

Visits the Op, confesses his role in the Muravian revolution plot, and seeks advice after Mahmoud's murder.

### [VIII: An Enlightening Interview](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/viii-an-enlightening-interview)

The victim of the revolution scam, having invested up to three million dollars.

### [IX: Conjectures](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/ix-conjectures)

Mentioned as having been ambushed alongside Einarson earlier in the evening.

### [Einarson in Control](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/x-einarson-in-control)

Meets the Op in his suite, explains the revolution's secrecy, identifies conspirators, and speaks at the meeting.

### [XII: The Night Before](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/xii-the-night-before)

Nervous and fidgety about the revolution; sent to bed by the Op.

### [XIII: Progress Goes "Betune"](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/xiii-progress-goes-betune)

Remains calm and dignified amid the chaos, uttering 'We can die' with gentle resolve, and is treated with respect by the revolutionaries.

### [XIV: Coronation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/xiv-coronation)

Installed as King Lionel I of Muravia under the Op's coercion.

### [XV: Bargain Hunters](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/xv-bargain-hunters)

Referenced as the newly crowned king whose abdication is being negotiated for four million dollars.

### [XVI: Lionel Rex](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/xvi-lionel-rex)

King Lionel Rex, reluctantly signs abdication after being pressured by the Op.

### [Mob Law](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/continental_op_stories_se/chapters/xvii-mob-law)

Ex-king of Muravia, arrives at the train with Valeska Radnjak, departs for Saloniki.

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