A Bid for Fortune or Dr Nikola's Vendetta Illustrated
                        
                     
                                            
                            
                                                                by Guy Boothby
                                                                
                                    2020-05-28 20:11:14
                                
                                
                             
                         
                                     
                
                    A Bid for Fortune or Dr Nikola's Vendetta Illustrated
                                            
                                                            by Guy Boothby
                                                        
                                2020-05-28 20:11:14
                            
                            
                         
                                        
                                                                                                London, the decadent 1890s: a mysterious meeting is called in a private room of the sumptuous Imperial Hotel. The sinister Dr Nikola is presiding, but what masterpiece of crime is he planning? Meanwhile, in Sydney, Australia, a rugged young man r...
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                                                London, the decadent 1890s: a mysterious meeting is called in a private room of the sumptuous Imperial Hotel. The sinister Dr Nikola is presiding, but what masterpiece of crime is he planning? Meanwhile, in Sydney, Australia, a rugged young man rescues a girl from attack by ruffians. These two events are skilfully woven together in one of the classics of late Victorian crime fiction. Before his tragically early death, Boothby lived his life equally in the Northern and Southern hemispheres, and in this novel he creates a narrative that moves breathtakingly from the West and East Ends of London to a thrilling climax in the South Seas via Egypt and Australia
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