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Count Yvon de Lara

A Spanish count involved in a mystery.

minor

Also known as the Count de Lara, de Lara, the Count

First appearance: the secret of father brown

Count Yvon de Lara shows up with force in The Song of the Flying Fish. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Oriental traveller and scholar; participates in the drawing-room conversation about theft and preternatural methods, and is under suspicion.
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In The Song of the Flying Fish: Oriental traveller and scholar; participates in the drawing-room conversation about theft and preternatural methods, and is under suspicion.

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FBFather BrownMBMr. BoyleMPMr. Peregrine …SASir Arthur Vau…MGMr. Grandison …CYCount Yvon de Lara

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  • Alibi and Mystery
  • Protagonist
  • Vanishing and Investigation
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